Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

लोभः सदा परित्याज्यः पापं लोभे समास्थितम् । तपस्तस्यैव विजयश्चातुर्मास्ये विशेषतः

Transliteration

lobhaḥ sadā parityājyaḥ pāpaṃ lobhe samāsthitam | tapastasyaiva vijayaścāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ

Translation

লোভ সদায় ত্যাগ কৰিব লাগে, কিয়নো পাপ লোভতেই আশ্ৰয় লয়। সেই লোভৰ ওপৰত বিজয় তপস্যাৰে লাভ হয়—বিশেষকৈ চাতুৰ্মাস্যত।

Word by Word

• lobhaḥ: greed
• lobhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lobha (लोभ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• parityājyaḥ: to be abandoned
• parityājyaḥ: Vidhi (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari√tyaj (परि + √त्यज्, धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (lobhaḥ)

• pāpam: sin, evil
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (पाप-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• lobhe: in greed
• lobhe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lobha (लोभ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• samāsthitam: situated/established
• samāsthitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samā√sthā (सम् + आ + √स्था, धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (pāpam)

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (तपस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tasya: of that (greed)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• vijayaḥ: victory, conquest
• vijayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijaya (विजय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• cāturmāsye: in the Cāturmāsya observance
• cāturmāsye: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (चातुर्मास्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: especially)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-ascetic at a monsoon-season tīrtha, turning away from a heap of coins offered by temptation; in the background a calm shrine and rain-laden clouds, symbolizing Cāturmāsya discipline.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Greed is a seat of sin; renounce it and use tapas—especially in Cāturmāsya—to win inner purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name a site; it frames the moral discipline that makes tīrtha observances spiritually effective.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Austerity (tapas) during Cāturmāsya is recommended as the special means to conquer greed.