Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

सर्व आराधयामासुः सर्वोपायैर्वरप्रदम् । चातुर्मास्ये च संपूर्णे सपूर्णे कार्तिकेऽमले

Transliteration

sarva ārādhayāmāsuḥ sarvopāyairvarapradam | cāturmāsye ca saṃpūrṇe sapūrṇe kārtike'male

Translation

Mit allen rechten Mitteln der Verehrung besänftigten sie allesamt den Spender der Gaben; und als die Cāturmāsya-Observanz vollständig vollendet war—ja, als der reine Monat Kārtika seine Fülle erreicht hatte—gelangte ihr Ritus zur Vollkommenheit.

Word by Word

• सर्वे: all (of them)
• सर्वे: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• आराधयामासुः: worshipped; propitiated
• आराधयामासुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + राध् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वोपायैः: by all means/methods
• सर्वोपायैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + उपाय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वे उपायाः)

• वरप्रदम्: the giver of boons
• वरप्रदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वर + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (वरं प्रददाति इति) विशेषण (object of worship)

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• संपूर्णे: when completed; at completion
• संपूर्णे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘चातुर्मास्ये’)

• सपूर्णे: when complete
• सपूर्णे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सपूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘कार्तिके’)

• कार्तिके: in (the month of) Kārttika
• कार्तिके: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्तिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन (मासवाचकः)

• अमले: pure; spotless
• अमले: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘कार्तिके’)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage-like scene: devas performing varied acts—japa, offerings, prostrations—across the four-month rainy season, culminating in a radiant full Kārtika setting with clear skies and sanctified lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Kārtika
• Cāturmāsya
• Varapradā (Lord as boon-giver)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady, many-formed devotion—especially through the full Cāturmāsya culminating in Kārtika—ripens worship into divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse sits within a Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but the specific tīrtha name is not stated in the shloka snippet itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completion of Cāturmāsya observance and the sanctity of Kārtika are highlighted as the ritual time-frame for intensified worship.