Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

वैकुण्ठपदवाञ्छा चेद्विष्णुना सह संगमे । सर्वपापक्षयार्थाय चातुर्मास्येऽन्नदो भवेत्

Transliteration

vaikuṇṭhapadavāñchā cedviṣṇunā saha saṃgame | sarvapāpakṣayārthāya cāturmāsye'nnado bhavet

Translation

Wenn jemand nach der Stätte Vaikuṇṭhas und der Gemeinschaft mit Viṣṇu verlangt, so soll er—zur Vernichtung aller Sünden—während der Cāturmāsya-Zeit zum Spender von Speise werden.

Word by Word

• वैकुण्ठपदवाञ्छा: desire for the Vaikuṇṭha state
• वैकुण्ठपदवाञ्छा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकुण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक) + वाञ्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vaikuṇṭhasya padasya vāñchā)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (conditional particle)

• विष्णुना: with Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Sahakari (Instrument/सहकारी; with)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय (prepositional indeclinable) ‘with’

• संगमे: in union/meeting
• संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• सर्वपापक्षयार्थाय: for the purpose of destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापक्षयार्थाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-परम्परा (sarvapāpānāṃ kṣayasya arthāya)

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

• अन्नदः: a giver of food
• अन्नदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक; from √दा ‘to give’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (annam dadāti iti)

• भवेत्: should become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

A Purāṇic narrator addressing Devarṣi Nārada (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee distributes food during monsoon months; above, Viṣṇu in Vaikuṇṭha extends blessing, while a dark clouded sky signals Cāturmāsya; a stream of light symbolizes pāpa-kṣaya and ascent.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Vaikuṇṭha
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Viṣṇu is expressed through compassionate giving; feeding others in Cāturmāsya is said to burn sins and lead toward Vaikuṇṭha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The focus is not a geographic tīrtha but a sacred time (Cāturmāsya) and the goal of Vaikuṇṭha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform annadāna during Cāturmāsya for sarva-pāpa-kṣaya and Viṣṇu-prāpti.