Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

मम तीर्थावसिक्तस्य मासा बहुतरा गताः । इदानीमाश्रमं यास्ये चातुर्मास्ये समागते

Transliteration

mama tīrthāvasiktasya māsā bahutarā gatāḥ | idānīmāśramaṃ yāsye cāturmāsye samāgate

Translation

„Viele Monate sind mir vergangen, während ich in den heiligen Tīrthas badete. Nun, da Cāturmāsya eingetroffen ist, werde ich zu meinem Āśrama gehen.“

Word by Word

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tīrtha-avasiktasya: of me who has been bathed/anointed at the tīrtha
• tīrtha-avasiktasya: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + avasikta (प्रातिपदिक; √sic + ava, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तीर्थे अवसिक्तः) + क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण (mama इति)

• māsāḥ: months
• māsāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• bahutarāḥ: many/more numerous
• bahutarāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahutara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (māsāḥ इति)

• gatāḥ: have passed
• gatāḥ: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata (प्रातिपदिक; √gam, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (लुप्त-भू-क्रिया) ‘गताः (सन्ति)’

• idānīm: now
• idānīm: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• āśramam: to the hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yāsye: I shall go
• yāsye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• cāturmāsye: in the Cāturmāsya season
• cāturmāsye: Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• samāgate: when it has arrived
• samāgate: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāgata (प्रातिपदिक; √gam + sam-ā, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण (cāturmāsye इति)

Speaker

Gālava (continuing the exchange)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A travel-worn ascetic or pilgrim, wet from repeated sacred baths, pauses at the threshold of monsoon season and turns toward a forest hermitage; clouds gather, rivers swell, and the mood becomes inward and contemplative.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Cāturmāsya
• Āśrama
• Gālava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and bathing in tīrthas are to be balanced with seasonal discipline; Cāturmāsya calls for settled practice in the āśrama.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks of tīrthas in general (pilgrimage bathing) rather than naming a single location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies tīrtha-snāna over an extended period and the Cāturmāsya practice of residing in/returning to the hermitage for observance.