Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

दुग्धाहारपरो यस्तु चातुर्मास्येऽभिजायते । तस्य पापसहस्राणि विलयं यांति देहिनः

Transliteration

dugdhāhāraparo yastu cāturmāsye'bhijāyate | tasya pāpasahasrāṇi vilayaṃ yāṃti dehinaḥ

Translation

Während des Cāturmāsya gilt: Wer sich an eine milchbasierte Kost hält, bei dem lösen sich tausendfache Sünden des verkörperten Wesens auf und kommen zum Ende.

Word by Word

• दुग्धाहारपरः: devoted to a milk-diet
• दुग्धाहारपरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुग्ध-आहार-पर (प्रातिपदिक; दुग्ध + आहार + पर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दुग्धाहारे परः)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• चातुर्मास्ये: during Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; चतुर्मास-व्रतकालः

• अभिजायते: is born/comes into being
• अभिजायते: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि-√जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पापसहस्राणि: thousands of sins
• पापसहस्राणि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक; पाप + सहस्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (पापानां सहस्राणि)

• विलयम्: dissolution/destruction
• विलयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विलय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• यान्ति: go/come to
• यान्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• देहिनः: of the embodied (person)
• देहिनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ‘देहवान्’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in monsoon season performs Cāturmāsya restraint, offering a simple milk vessel before a Viṣṇu shrine; rain clouds, tulasī, and lamp-light suggest disciplined devotion.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Regulated, sattvic diet in sacred months is treated as a potent purifier, dissolving accumulated sin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The focus is the sacred season (Cāturmāsya) and its observance; no specific tirtha is named in the verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Adopt dugdhāhāra—subsisting chiefly on milk—during Cāturmāsya for purification.