Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

चतुरो वार्षिकान्मासान्सुप्रसुप्तं सुरेश्वरम् । संपूजयति यो भक्त्या न स भूयोऽत्र जायते

Transliteration

caturo vārṣikānmāsānsuprasuptaṃ sureśvaram | saṃpūjayati yo bhaktyā na sa bhūyo'tra jāyate

Translation

Wer den Herrn der Götter in Hingabe verehrt, während Er während der vier Regenmonate in tiefem yogischem Schlaf ruht, der wird in dieser Welt nicht wiedergeboren.

Word by Word

• caturo: four
• caturo: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (संख्याप्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन; ‘māsān’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• vārṣikān: annual/seasonal
• vārṣikān: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vārṣika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन; ‘māsān’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (annual/seasonal)

• māsān: months
• māsān: Kāla-adhikarana (Time-span/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); बहुवचन; कालावधि (duration)

• su-prasuptam: deeply asleep
• su-prasuptam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + pra-svap (धातु) + kta (कृत्प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; ‘sureśvaram’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (deeply asleep)

• sureśvaram: the lord of the gods
• sureśvaram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sura (प्रातिपदिक) + īśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (surāṇām īśvaraḥ)

• saṃpūjayati: worships fully
• saṃpūjayati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pūj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• bhaktyā: with devotion
• bhaktyā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• bhūyaḥ: again
• bhūyaḥ: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषणम् (adverb: again/further)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb: here)

• jāyate: is born
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

Speaker

Sūta (deduced from immediate context of Adhyāya dialogue)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Biladvāra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Not stated)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Monsoon months: dark clouds, steady rain; inside a lamp-lit shrine, devotees worship Viṣṇu in yoga-nidrā, offering tulasī and incense; calendar markers of four months.

Characters & Entities

• Sureśvara
• Jalaśāyī (Viṣṇu implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship during Cāturmāsya is presented as a direct cause of liberation from repeated birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A local shrine of Jalaśāyī (Viṣṇu) within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context is being praised, though the site-name is not stated in this single verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform devoted worship (pūjā) of the Lord during the four-month Cāturmāsya period.