Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

मात्सर्यं निर्जयेत्प्राज्ञो महापातककारणम् । चातुर्मास्ये जितं तेन त्रैलोक्यममरैः सह

Transliteration

mātsaryaṃ nirjayetprājño mahāpātakakāraṇam | cāturmāsye jitaṃ tena trailokyamamaraiḥ saha

Translation

Der Weise soll den Neid bezwingen, die Ursache großer Sünden. Wird er während des Cāturmāsya besiegt, so ist durch diesen Sieg gleichsam die Dreiwelt samt den Unsterblichen erobert.

Word by Word

• मात्सर्यम्: envy, jealousy
• मात्सर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्सर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• निर्जयेत्: should conquer
• निर्जयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√जि (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राज्ञः: a wise person
• प्राज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• महापातककारणम्: cause of great sin
• महापातककारणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + पातक + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्म-विशेषण (object-qualifier)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya observance
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• जितम्: conquered
• जितम्: Karma-bhava (Result state/कर्मभाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; ‘conquered’

• तेन: by him, by that (person)
• तेन: Kartr-karana (Agent/instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अमरैः: with the immortals (gods)
• अमरैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Association/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition/particle meaning ‘together with’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage breaks a serpent of envy coiled around his heart; above, devas witness and shower flowers, while a symbolic map of three worlds appears as subdued banners—signifying tri-loka-vijaya through inner conquest.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Envy leads to grave sin; conquering it—especially in Cāturmāsya—is praised as a victory of immense spiritual scope.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named; the verse praises the sacred season (Cāturmāsya) and its amplified spiritual results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is deliberate conquest of mātsarya as part of Cāturmāsya discipline—an ethical-vrata emphasis rather than a named rite.