Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45

Devanagari script

सर्वदानोत्तरं चैव चातुर्मास्ये न संशयः । सर्वमासकृतं पापं चातुर्मास्ये शुभाशुभम्

Transliteration

sarvadānottaraṃ caiva cāturmāsye na saṃśayaḥ | sarvamāsakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ cāturmāsye śubhāśubham

Translation

في تشاتورماسيا يفوق ثوابُه كلَّ العطايا، ولا شك في ذلك. والذنوب المتراكمة عبر جميع الشهور، سواء نشأت من أفعال تُسمّى «حسنة» أو «سيئة»، تُعالَج في تشاتورماسيا.

Word by Word

• सर्वदानोत्तरम्: superior to all gifts
• सर्वदानोत्तरम्: Pradhāna-predicative (विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + दान + उत्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sarvadānānām uttaram = superior to all gifts)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Emphasis (बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not, no
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वमासकृतम्: done in all months / throughout the months
• सर्वमासकृतम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + मास + कृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (sarvamāsasya kṛtam = done throughout the month / in all months)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma/Pradhāna (Object or predicate theme/कर्म/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• चातुर्मास्ये: in Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• शुभाशुभम्: good and bad (both)
• शुभाशुभम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ + अशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (śubhaṃ ca aśubhaṃ ca)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A Cāturmāsya vow-holder offers lamps, food, and cloth to pilgrims and ascetics while rain clouds hover; a ledger-like motif of months dissolves into light, symbolizing the clearing of accumulated sins.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Dāna

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-sanctified observance (Cāturmāsya) is exalted as extraordinarily purifying—capable of addressing accumulated karmic burdens.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular site is named; the glorification is of the sacred season (Cāturmāsya) within tīrtha-oriented dharma.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cāturmāsya-vrata is implied as superior even to extensive dāna; the verse motivates observance for purification.