Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच । इष्टवस्तुप्रदो विष्णुर्लोकश्चेष्टरुचिः सदा । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन चातुमास्ये त्यजेच्च तत्

Transliteration

brahmovāca | iṣṭavastuprado viṣṇurlokaśceṣṭaruciḥ sadā | tasmātsarvaprayatnena cātumāsye tyajecca tat

Translation

Brahmā sprach: Viṣṇu gewährt die ersehnten Dinge, und die Welt neigt sich stets dem zu, was ihr gefällt. Darum soll man während des Cāturmāsya mit aller Anstrengung auf jene liebgewonnene Genusssucht verzichten.

Word by Word

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन

• iṣṭavastupradaḥ: giver of desired things
• iṣṭavastupradaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: iṣṭa-vastu-prada (प्रातिपदिक; इष्ट + वस्तु + प्रद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• lokaḥ: the world
• lokaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

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

• iṣṭaruciḥ: having liking for what is desired
• iṣṭaruciḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: iṣṭa-ruci (प्रातिपदिक; इष्ट + रुचि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-शब्दः (ablatival adverb: 'therefore/from that')

• sarvaprayatnena: with every effort
• sarvaprayatnena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-prayatna (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + प्रयत्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; साधन (means)

• cātumāsye: in the Cāturmāsya period
• cātumāsye: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• tyajet: should abandon
• tyajet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन

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

• tat: that (practice/thing)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā instructs Nārada on Cāturmāsya: a devotee sets aside a beloved food/pleasure, making a vow before Viṣṇu; the world’s pull is shown as tempting objects fading behind the vow-taker.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual progress in Cāturmāsya is strengthened by voluntarily giving up one’s favorite comforts as an offering of self-control.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate focus is the Cāturmāsya vow; the broader frame remains Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tyāga-niyama: renounce a personally cherished indulgence specifically during the Cāturmāsya period.