Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्येऽथ संप्राप्ते हरो भक्तिसमन्वितः । ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतपरः प्रहृष्टवदनोऽभवत्

Transliteration

cāturmāsye'tha saṃprāpte haro bhaktisamanvitaḥ | brahmacaryavrataparaḥ prahṛṣṭavadano'bhavat

Translation

Als die Zeit des Cāturmāsya kam, war Hara von Hingabe erfüllt. Sein Antlitz strahlte vor Freude, ganz dem Gelübde des Brahmacarya zugewandt.

Word by Word

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

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), अनन्तरार्थक/प्रारम्भक

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) had arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + प्राप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative absolute sense ‘when (it) had arrived’

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भक्तिसमन्वितः: endowed with devotion
• भक्तिसमन्वितः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भक्ति + समन्वित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः ‘भक्त्या समन्वितः’

• ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतपरः: devoted to the vow of celibacy
• ब्रह्मचर्यव्रतपरः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ब्रह्मचर्य + व्रत + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः ‘ब्रह्मचर्यव्रते परः’ (devoted to the vow of celibacy)

• प्रहृष्टवदनः: with a delighted face
• प्रहृष्टवदनः: Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रहृष्ट + वदन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः ‘प्रहृष्टं वदनं यस्य’

• अभवत्: became
• अभवत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/इम्पर्फेक्ट), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Gālava (continuing narration)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Anagha/suvrata interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hara (Śiva) at the onset of Cāturmāsya, radiant with devotional joy, adopting brahmacarya-vrata—an ascetic yet luminous divine posture.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Hara
• Brahmacarya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cāturmāsya is upheld as a sanctified period for intensified discipline; brahmacarya joined with bhakti is praised even in divine exemplars.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it sets the time-frame (Cāturmāsya) for the forthcoming māhātmya episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance of brahmacarya-vrata during Cāturmāsya is indicated.