Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यो मोहान्मनुजो लोके यावत्कोटिगुणं भवेत् । ततो दशगुणा वृद्धिश्चातुर्मास्ये प्रदातरि

Transliteration

yo mohānmanujo loke yāvatkoṭiguṇaṃ bhavet | tato daśaguṇā vṛddhiścāturmāsye pradātari

Translation

Wenn ein Mensch in dieser Welt aus Verblendung seine Verpflichtung bzw. sein Verdienst bis zur Krorfachen Vermehrung anwachsen lässt, dann wächst es im Cāturmāsya für den Geber noch einmal um das Zehnfache darüber hinaus.

Word by Word

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• मोहात्: from delusion, out of delusion
• मोहात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: moha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• मनुजः: a man, human
• मनुजः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• यावत्: as much as
• यावत्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावार्थ)
• Form: परिमाण (extent: as much as)

• कोटिगुणम्: crore-fold
• कोटिगुणम्: Karma (Object-complement/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: koṭi + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: ‘of a crore’), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: thence/thereafter)

• दशगुणा: tenfold
• दशगुणा: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: daśa + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (numeral determinative: tenfold), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• वृद्धिः: increase, growth
• वृद्धिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vṛddhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्रदातरि: in/with the giver (donor)
• प्रदातरि: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pra-√dā (धातु) + tṛ (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: कर्तृवाचक-तृन् (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers gifts during the rainy-season vow period; Viṣṇu is envisioned in yogic sleep, while Brāhmaṇas receive dāna under a pavilion near a tīrtha.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Pradātṛ (giver)
• Dāna-phala

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cāturmāsya amplifies the spiritual potency of giving; sacred time intensifies the fruit of dāna for the donor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the emphasis is on sacred time (Cāturmāsya) within a tīrtha-glorification section.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give during Cāturmāsya; the verse highlights increased fruit for the donor when charity is performed in this period.