Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण पूज्यो लक्ष्मीयुतो हरिः

Transliteration

cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa pūjyo lakṣmīyuto hariḥ

Translation

চাতুর্মাস্যে বিশেষভাবে লক্ষ্মীসহ হরির পূজা করা উচিত।

Word by Word

• cāturmāsye: in the four-month period (Cāturmāsya)
• cāturmāsye: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṃsakaliṅga, Saptamī (Locative), Ekavacana; ‘in the Cāturmāsya period’

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tṛtīyā-ekavacana used adverbially (instrumental of manner): ‘especially’

• pūjyaḥ: worthy to be worshipped
• pūjyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (पूज्) + pūjya (कृदन्त, gerundive/ya-pratyaya)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kartavya/vidhi-artha (to be worshipped)

• lakṣmīyutaḥ: accompanied by Lakṣmī
• lakṣmīyutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lakṣmī + yuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of hariḥ; ‘endowed with Lakṣmī’

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

Speaker

Narrative voice within Brahmā–Nārada dialogue context (deduced from adhyāya colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in monsoon-season observance offers worship to Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa: Hari seated with Lakṣmī, lamps lit, offerings arranged, with rain-cloud ambience suggesting Cāturmāsya.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Lakṣmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seasonal sacred time (Cāturmāsya) intensifies the merit of devotion; worship becomes especially recommended and potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative, connecting the vrata to that sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of Hari along with Lakṣmī specifically during the Cāturmāsya period.