Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

मासे वारे दिने चैव कुत्रचिन्मुनिसत्तमैः । दानानि च तथोक्तानि यथा स्नान विधिस्तथा

Transliteration

māse vāre dine caiva kutracinmunisattamaiḥ | dānāni ca tathoktāni yathā snāna vidhistathā

Translation

An manchen Orten legen die erlesensten Weisen auch Gelübde nach Monat, Wochentag und Tag fest; ebenso werden die Gaben (Dāna) entsprechend gelehrt — ganz wie die Vorschriften des Bades.

Word by Word

• मासे: in (a certain) month
• मासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• वारे: on (a certain) weekday
• वारे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• दिने: on (a certain) day
• दिने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

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

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• कुत्रचित्: somewhere/sometime
• कुत्रचित्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्रचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनिश्चित-देश/कालवाचक (indefinite adverb: 'somewhere/sometime')

• मुनिसत्तमैः: by the best sages
• मुनिसत्तमैः: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + सत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मुनीनां सत्तमाः)

• दानानि: gifts/charities
• दानानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

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

• तथा: thus; likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• उक्तानि: have been stated
• उक्तानि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; (अस्ति इति अध्याहारः)

• यथा: as; according to
• यथा: Sambandha (Correlation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (correlative: 'as/according to')

• स्नान: bathing
• स्नान: Sambandha (Genitival relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपद)

• विधिः: rule/method
• विधिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• तथा: so; likewise
• तथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

Speaker

King of Ānarta (continuing)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Muni-sattama (addressed)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The sage gestures as if enumerating months and weekdays; behind him, a symbolic wheel of time (māsa-vāra) overlays scenes of bathing and giving alms at different ghats.

Characters & Entities

• dāna
• snāna-vidhi
• muni

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic ritual life integrates place with time—tīrtha practice is often linked to calendrical discipline and charity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is named; the verse describes general tīrtha-based prescriptions.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Timing-based observances (month/weekday/day) and dāna associated with tīrtha-snāna regulations.