Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अस्य यात्रां करिष्यामः कार्तिके मासि सर्वदा । बलिपूजोपहारांश्च गीतवाद्यानि शक्तितः

Transliteration

asya yātrāṃ kariṣyāmaḥ kārtike māsi sarvadā | balipūjopahārāṃśca gītavādyāni śaktitaḥ

Translation

Wir werden stets im Monat Kārtika die Prozession (yātrā) dieser Gottheit begehen und bali, Verehrung und Gaben darbringen, dazu Gesang und Musikinstrumente, nach unserer Kraft.

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this (one/thing)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage, journey (rite)
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• करिष्यामः: we shall do/perform
• करिष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• कार्तिके: in (the month of) Kārtika
• कार्तिके: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārtika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• बलि-पूजा-उपहारान्: offerings: bali, worship, and gifts
• बलि-पूजा-उपहारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bali + pūjā + upahāra (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (enumerative copulative)

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

• गीत-वाद्यानि: songs and musical instruments
• गीत-वाद्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīta + vādya (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• शक्तितः: according to (our) capacity
• शक्तितः: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), ‘शक्त्या’ इत्यर्थे (according to ability)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A village/temple procession in Kārtika: devotees carrying lamps and offerings, priests preparing bali and pūjā trays, singers and drummers accompanying the deity’s palanquin; atmosphere of autumnal clarity and sacred festivity.

Characters & Entities

• Kārtika (month)
• Śiva (liṅga)
• Yātrā/Ritual procession

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kārtika is upheld as a prime time for public devotion—procession, worship, and offerings—done sincerely within one’s means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The local liṅga’s Kārtika-yātrā is glorified; the excerpt does not specify the tīrtha name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Annual/regular Kārtika yātrā with bali, pūjā, offerings (upahāra), and devotional music (gīta-vādya).