Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यो मोहान्मनुजो लोके यावत्कोटिगुणं भवेत् । ततो दशगुणा वृद्धिश्चातुर्मास्ये प्रदातरि

Transliteration

yo mohānmanujo loke yāvatkoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet | tato daśaguṇā vṛddhiścāturmāsye pradātari

Translation

إن كان الإنسان في هذا العالم، بسبب الوهم، يجعل ما عليه من التزام/أجرٍ يبلغ مقدار «كروْر» أضعافًا، ففي زمن تشاتورماسيا يزداد ذلك للمعطي عشرة أضعاف أخرى فوقه.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• मोहात्: from delusion, out of delusion
• मोहात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: moha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मनुजः: a man, human
• मनुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• यावत्: as much as
• यावत्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: परिमाण (extent: as much as)

• कोटिगुणम्: crore-fold
• कोटिगुणम्: Karma (Object-complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘of a crore’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: thence/thereafter)

• दशगुणा: tenfold
• दशगुणा: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (numeral determinative: tenfold), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वृद्धिः: increase, growth
• वृद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रदातरि: in/with the giver (donor)
• प्रदातरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pra-√dā (धातु) + tṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कर्तृवाचक-तृन् (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers gifts during the rainy-season vow period; Viṣṇu is envisioned in yogic sleep, while Brāhmaṇas receive dāna under a pavilion near a tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Pradātṛ (giver)
• Dāna-phala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cāturmāsya amplifies the spiritual potency of giving; sacred time intensifies the fruit of dāna for the donor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the emphasis is on sacred time (Cāturmāsya) within a tīrtha-glorification section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give during Cāturmāsya; the verse highlights increased fruit for the donor when charity is performed in this period.