Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

भवंत्विंद्रपुरोगाश्च चातुर्मास्ये समागते । ते तथोचुश्च संहृष्टा नमस्कृत्य च शूलिनम्

Transliteration

bhavaṃtviṃdrapurogāśca cāturmāsye samāgate | te tathocuśca saṃhṛṣṭā namaskṛtya ca śūlinam

Translation

„So sei es: Wenn die heilige Zeit des Cāturmāsya herannaht, soll Indra vorangehen.“ So antworteten sie voller Freude; nachdem sie sich vor dem Dreizackträger (Śiva) verneigt hatten, stimmten sie zu.

Word by Word

• भवन्तु: let them be
• भवन्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• इन्द्रपुरोगाः: led by Indra
• इन्द्रपुरोगाः: Visheshana (Qualifier of implied subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इन्द्र + पुरोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (इन्द्रः पुरोगः येषाम्/इन्द्रः पुरतः) अर्थे ‘led by Indra’

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

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

• समागते: when it has arrived
• समागते: Kriya-viseshana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), सप्तमी, एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-सम्बन्धे (locative absolute)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• तथा: thus
• तथा: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ‘thus/so’

• ऊचुः: said
• ऊचुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• संहृष्टाः: delighted, thrilled
• संहृष्टाः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-हृष् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण (to ते)

• नमस्कृत्य: having saluted
• नमस्कृत्य: Kriya-viseshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस्-कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund), ‘having saluted’

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

• शूलिनम्: the trident-bearer (Śiva)
• शूलिनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शूलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced from Purāṇic framing for Māhātmya narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Mandara-parvata (contextual)

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas, with Indra at the forefront, joyfully agree to assemble in Cāturmāsya; all bow to Śiva the Trident-bearer.

Characters & Entities

• Indra
• Śiva (Śūlin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Joyful assent and humble salutation to Śiva are presented as the proper devotional response when sacred observances like Cāturmāsya begin.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse sits within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context; the immediate snippet emphasizes the sacred time (Cāturmāsya) rather than naming a specific tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cāturmāsya is referenced as a sacred four-month religious season/vrata-period associated with intensified worship and restraint.