Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अधुना श्रोतुमिच्छामि चातुर्मास्यव्रतं शुभम्

Transliteration

adhunā śrotumicchāmi cāturmāsyavrataṃ śubham

Translation

Nun wünsche ich, das heilsame Cāturmāsya-Gelübde zu vernehmen.

Word by Word

• अधुना: now
• अधुना: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time adjunct/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अधुना (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: ‘now’)

• श्रोतुम्: to hear
• श्रोतुम्: Prayojana/Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Purpose complement/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु) → श्रोतुम् (तुमुन्-कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), ‘to hear’

• इच्छामि: I wish/desire
• इच्छामि: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः? (correction) उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• चातुर्मास्यव्रतम्: the Cāturmāsya vow
• चातुर्मास्यव्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा एकवचन (acc./nom. sg.; here object), समासः: तत्पुरुष (चातुर्मास्यं व्रतम्)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘vow’)

Speaker

Nārada

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Nārada slightly leaning forward, earnest, as if asking a precise question; a symbolic monsoon calendar wheel or four-month motif (four lotuses) appears behind him.

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Cāturmāsya-vrata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious vows are to be learned directly from authoritative sources through sincere desire to hear and understand.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it specifically introduces the topic of the Cāturmāsya vow.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is implicit: to undertake the vow properly, first hear its rules and greatness (śravaṇa of vrata-vidhi and māhātmya).