Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अहिंसादिगुणानां च पालनं सततं तपः । चातुर्मास्ये त्यक्तवैरं महत्तप उदारधीः

Transliteration

ahiṃsādiguṇānāṃ ca pālanaṃ satataṃ tapaḥ | cāturmāsye tyaktavairaṃ mahattapa udāradhīḥ

Translation

Das beständige Bewahren der Tugenden, beginnend mit Ahimsa (Gewaltlosigkeit), ist Tapas. In Cāturmāsya ist das Aufgeben von Feindschaft große Askese für den Edelsinnigen.

Word by Word

• ahiṃsādiguṇānām: of virtues beginning with non-violence
• ahiṃsādiguṇānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahiṃsā + ādi + guṇa (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (अहिंसा-आदि-गुणाः) (genitive plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• pālanam: observance/keeping
• pālanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pālana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (nom/acc singular)

• satatam: constantly
• satatam: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचनम् (adverbial: ‘constantly’)

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (nominative singular)

• cāturmāsye: in Cāturmāsya
• cāturmāsye: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (locative singular)

• tyaktavairam: with enmity abandoned
• tyaktavairam: Pradhana-predicative (Qualifier/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tyakta (√tyaj धातु, क्त) + vaira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (त्यक्तं वैरं यस्य/त्यक्तवैरम्) (nom/acc singular; ‘having abandoned enmity’)

• mahattapaḥ: (is) great austerity
• mahattapaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahat + tapas (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (nominative singular)

• udāradhīḥ: O noble-minded one / the noble-minded (person)
• udāradhīḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udāra + dhī (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (उदारा धीः यस्य सः) (nominative singular; used as संबोधन/विशेषणार्थे)

Speaker

Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee mediating a dispute during monsoon months, offering peace, feeding animals, and worshipping Hari—symbolizing tyakta-vaira and ahiṃsā as tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Ahiṃsā
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-restraint and reconciliation are superior austerities; peace-making becomes a sacred vow in Cāturmāsya.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name a specific tīrtha; it contributes to the Cāturmāsya teaching within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative environment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Practice ahiṃsā and related virtues, and explicitly renounce enmity during Cāturmāsya.