Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण महापापौघहारिणः । यदा तेनैव ददृशुर्देवास्त्रिभुवनेश्वरम्

Transliteration

cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa mahāpāpaughahāriṇaḥ | yadā tenaiva dadṛśurdevāstribhuvaneśvaram

Translation

Besonders während der Cāturmāsya-Zeit werden sie zu Tilgern gewaltiger Ströme von Sünde. Und dann erblickten die Götter eben dadurch den Herrn der drei Welten.

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the four-month period (Cāturmāsya)
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; द्विगुसमासः (चतुर् + मास)

• विशेषेण: especially; particularly
• विशेषेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करणभावे (instrumental of manner)

• महापापौघहारिणः: removers of great floods of sins
• महापापौघहारिणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महापापौघहारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (महापापौघस्य हारिन्)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Temporal link/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal conjunction/adverb)

• तेन: by him/with that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• ददृशुः: they saw
• ददृशुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person/प्रथम), बहुवचन

• देवाः: the gods
• देवाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• त्रिभुवनेश्वरम्: the Lord of the three worlds
• त्रिभुवनेश्वरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिभुवनेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः (त्रिषु भुवनेषु ईश्वरः)

Speaker

Deductive (Tīrthamāhātmya narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mandara Vṛkṣa-kṣetra (Cāturmāsya-viśeṣa)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Monsoon-laden Cāturmāsya sky over the grove; devotees and devas perform restrained worship under dripping leaves; the air clears and Śiva as Tribhuvaneśvara becomes visible—either as a liṅga radiance or a standing form emerging from the sacred space.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Devas
• Tribhuvaneśvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seasonal vrata (Cāturmāsya) intensifies spiritual results—purification culminates in divine darśana.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse emphasizes the Cāturmāsya observance within the local Tīrthamāhātmya; the named site is not included in this excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observances and sacred service during Cāturmāsya are indicated as especially efficacious for pāpa-kṣaya and darśana.