Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84

Devanagari script

एवं च चतुरो मासान्न त्यजेच्छयनं हरिः । भयात्तस्यासुरेंद्रस्य दानवस्य दुरात्मनः

Transliteration

evaṃ ca caturo māsānna tyajecchayanaṃ hariḥ | bhayāttasyāsureṃdrasya dānavasya durātmanaḥ

Translation

So verließ Hari vier Monate lang Sein Lager nicht, aus Furcht vor jenem bösen Dānava, dem Herrn der Asuras.

Word by Word

• evam: thus
• evam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (manner adverb)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• caturo: four
• caturo: Karma (Extent/duration object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: catur (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम्

• māsān: months
• māsān: Karma (Duration/extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

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

• tyajet: should abandon
• tyajet: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śayanam: sleeping/rest
• śayanam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śayana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• bhayāt: from fear
• bhayāt: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन

• tasya: of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन

• asura-indrasya: of the lord of asuras
• asura-indrasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asura (प्रातिपदिक) + indra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dānavasya: of the demon
• dānavasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेष्य-समनाधिकरण (appositional genitive)

• durātmanaḥ: of the evil-souled one
• durātmanaḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durātman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गुणवाचक-नाम (descriptive noun)

Speaker

Sūta (narrative voice)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari reclines on Ananta for four months; shadowy presence of an asura-king looms at the edge of the cosmic scene, suggesting the reason for the prolonged sleep; devas watch anxiously as time passes through monsoon months.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Asura-indra (unnamed here)
• Dānava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic narratives explain ritual time: the four-month interval becomes a dharmic season shaped by cosmic events and divine līlā.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The four-month śayana is framed within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya that sacralizes this locale and its observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The implied prescription is to honor the four-month śayana season (Cāturmāsya) culminating in utthāna, especially through Ekādaśī observances.