Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

संप्राप्ताः परमं स्थानं तद्रिष्णोः परमं पदम् । यत्फलं सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु यत्फलम् । तत्फलं तस्य पूजायां चातुर्मास्यां प्रजायते

Transliteration

saṃprāptāḥ paramaṃ sthānaṃ tadriṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam | yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu yatphalam | tatphalaṃ tasya pūjāyāṃ cāturmāsyāṃ prajāyate

Translation

Sie gelangten zur höchsten Stätte, zum höchsten Stand Viṣṇus. Welcher Lohn auch an allen Tīrthas und welcher Lohn auch in allen Opfern gewonnen wird — eben dieser Lohn entsteht durch die Verehrung Seiner während der Cāturmāsya-Zeit.

Word by Word

• saṃprāptāḥ: having attained
• saṃprāptāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam√prāp (धातु) + saṃprāpta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; adjectival participle qualifying implied subject

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; adjective of sthānam

• sthānam: abode, place
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tad: of that
• tad: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; genitive determiner of riṣṇoḥ (intended: viṣṇoḥ)

• riṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• riṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; पाठभेद/लिप्यन्तर: riṣṇoḥ ≈ viṣṇoḥ

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; adjective of padam

• padam: state, step, abode
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; correlating with tat- in tatphalam

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sarva-tīrtheṣu: in all sacred places
• sarva-tīrtheṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि तीर्थाणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; locative of sphere

• sarva-yajñeṣu: in all sacrifices
• sarva-yajñeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (सर्वे यज्ञाः), पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; locative of sphere

• yat: which
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; repeats correlative

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; determiner of phalam

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tasya: of him/that (deity)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; genitive with pūjāyām

• pūjāyām: in worship
• pūjāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• cāturmāsyām: during the Cāturmāsya (four-month period)
• cāturmāsyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; time-locative (during the four-month observance)

• prajāyate: arises, is produced
• prajāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Biladvāra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Not stated)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages, after sustained Cāturmāsya worship, are shown ascending toward Viṣṇu’s supreme realm; below, the temple and tīrtha; above, luminous Vaikuṇṭha with Viṣṇu enthroned or as radiant presence.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Tīrtha
• Yajña
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused devotion in a sanctified time (Cāturmāsya) can yield the combined merit of extensive pilgrimages and sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is framed within a particular Nāgara Khaṇḍa tīrtha context, but the verse itself universalizes the fruit beyond all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of Viṣṇu specifically during Cāturmāsya.