Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्येऽथ संप्राप्ते सर्वभूतदयाकरः । अश्वत्थोऽतः सदा सेव्यो मंदवारे विशेषतः

Transliteration

cāturmāsye'tha saṃprāpte sarvabhūtadayākaraḥ | aśvattho'taḥ sadā sevyo maṃdavāre viśeṣataḥ

Translation

وعند حلول تشاتورماسيا، يكون الرب الرحيم بجميع الكائنات حاضرًا هناك؛ فلذلك ينبغي إكرام شجرة الأشفَتّه (التين المقدّس) دائمًا، ولا سيّما يوم الاثنين.

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (चतुर् + मास)

• अथ: then; now
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक-अव्यय (conjunctive/then)

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived; upon the arrival
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; लोके सति (locative absolute)

• सर्वभूतदयाकरः: the giver of compassion to all beings
• सर्वभूतदयाकरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वभूतदयाकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (सर्वभूतानां दयाकरः)

• अश्वत्थः: the aśvattha (sacred fig) tree
• अश्वत्थः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वत्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अतः: therefore; hence
• अतः: Sambandha (Reason/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अतः (अव्यय)
• Form: हेत्वर्थक-अव्यय (causal adverb: therefore/from this)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Time/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• सेव्यः: should be served/worshipped
• सेव्यः: Vidheyavisheshana (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सेव् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-अर्थे ‘य’-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: to be served), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• मंदवारे: on Tuesday
• मंदवारे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मंदवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; वार-शब्दः (weekday)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: especially)

Speaker

Deductive (Tīrthamāhātmya narrator; instruction framed by preceding Ākāśavāṇī context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims approach a venerable pippala tree at a tīrtha during the rainy-season Cāturmāsya; on a Monday, they offer water, lamps, and circumambulate, sensing the Lord’s compassionate presence.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Aśvattha
• Mandavāra (Monday)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Compassionate devotion expressed through simple service to a sacred tree becomes a powerful dharmic path, especially in holy seasons.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The locus is the aśvattha tree as a sacred abode within the Adhyāya 247 tīrtha-context; the geographic name is not included in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Aśvattha-sevā (honoring/serving the sacred fig) is prescribed, with special emphasis during Cāturmāsya and particularly on Monday (Somavāra).