Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण मुक्तिसंसाधकं वद

Transliteration

cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa muktisaṃsādhakaṃ vada

Translation

Gerade in der Zeit des Cāturmāsya, sage mir eine Übung, die die Befreiung zur Vollendung führt.

Word by Word

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

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘especially’

• मुक्तिसंसाधकम्: that which accomplishes liberation
• मुक्तिसंसाधकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुक्ति + संसाधक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मुक्तेः संसाधकम्)

• वद: tell
• वद: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वद् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Paijavana

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The seeker leans forward with intensity, asking for a mokṣa-producing practice specifically for the four monsoon months; the guru’s calm presence suggests a forthcoming structured vrata.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• mukti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Cāturmāsya period is presented as a particularly potent time to adopt liberation-oriented discipline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tirtha is named here; the focus is on the sacred calendar period (Cāturmāsya).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A request for a specific Cāturmāsya sādhanā/vow that leads toward mokṣa.