Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये तिलान्दत्त्वा न भूयः स्तनपो भवेत् । यवप्रदाता वसते वासवं लोकमक्षयम्

Transliteration

cāturmāsye tilāndattvā na bhūyaḥ stanapo bhavet | yavapradātā vasate vāsavaṃ lokamakṣayam

Translation

Wer während des Cāturmāsya Sesam spendet, wird nicht wieder als Säugling an der Brust geboren. Der Spender von Gerste wohnt in der unvergänglichen Welt des Vāsava (Indra).

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• तिलान्: sesame seeds
• तिलान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• स्तनपः: a suckling (infant)
• स्तनपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तनप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यवप्रदाता: giver of barley
• यवप्रदाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यवानां प्रदाता)

• वसते: dwells, resides
• वसते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वासवम्: of Vāsava (Indra), Indra’s
• वासवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder in monsoon season offers sesame and barley in a clean vessel to a seated brāhmaṇa; behind them a small homa-fire and a shrine indicate Cāturmāsya observance; the sky is rain-laden yet serene.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsava (Indra)
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Specific charities performed in sacred seasons are taught to reduce rebirth-related suffering and grant exalted heavenly attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse focuses on Cāturmāsya observance and dāna-phala, not on a named pilgrimage location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give sesame during Cāturmāsya; give barley as a praised staple charity associated with attaining Indra’s realm.