Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
Devanagari script
विष्णुभक्तिरतो नित्यं चातुर्मास्ये विशेषतः
Transliteration
viṣṇubhaktirato nityaṃ cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ
Translation
Stets war er der Bhakti zu Viṣṇu hingegeben, besonders während der heiligen Zeit des Cāturmāsya.
Word by Word
विष्णुभक्तिःdevotion to Viṣṇu
विष्णुभक्तिः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—विष्णोः भक्तिः
रतःengaged; devoted
रतः:
Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootरत (प्रातिपदिक; √रम् क्त/निष्ठा-विशेषण)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त/निष्ठान्त-विशेषण, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (अर्थे) आसक्तः
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative)
चातुर्मास्येin the Cāturmāsya period
चातुर्मास्ये:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootचातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; काल/अवधि-विशेष (the four-month period)
विशेषतःespecially
विशेषतः:
Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविशेषतः (अव्यय)
Formरीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb), ‘विशेषेण’ इत्यर्थः
Speaker
Unspecified in excerpt (Tīrthamāhātmya narrator voice)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A serene portrait of Gālava as a steadfast Vaiṣṇava: tulasī-mālā, calm gaze, disciples attentive; visual cues of cāturmāsya—monsoon clouds, damp earth, a lamp-lit shrine, and restrained ascetic routine.
Characters & Entities
V
ViṣṇuC
CāturmāsyaFAQs
Bhakti becomes especially potent when intensified in sacred seasons like Cāturmāsya.
No particular place is named; the focus is on the sacred time-observance (Cāturmāsya) within a tīrtha-oriented chapter.
Special emphasis on Viṣṇu-bhakti and vrata-like discipline during Cāturmāsya.