Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

पूजितो बिल्वपत्रेण चातुर्मास्येऽघहृत्तमः

Transliteration

pūjito bilvapatreṇa cāturmāsye'ghahṛttamaḥ

Translation

Während Cāturmāsya, wenn Er mit Bilva-Blättern verehrt wird, wird Er zum höchsten Tilger der Sünde.

Word by Word

• pūjitaḥ: worshipped
• pūjitaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (पूज्) + pūjita (कृदन्त, past passive participle)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; predicative participle (‘worshipped’)

• bilvapatreṇa: with a bilva leaf
• bilvapatreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bilva + patra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṃsakaliṅga, Tṛtīyā (Instrumental), Ekavacana; means of worship

• cāturmāsye: in Cāturmāsya
• cāturmāsye: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṃsakaliṅga, Saptamī (Locative), Ekavacana; time circumstance

• aghahṛttamaḥ: the greatest remover of sin
• aghahṛttamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: agha + hṛt + tama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; superlative (-tama) ‘best remover of sin’; predicate adjective (of Hari implied)

Speaker

Narrative voice within Brahmā–Nārada dialogue context (deduced from adhyāya colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim offers fresh bilva leaves at a Viṣṇu shrine during the rainy season; the deity’s presence is calm yet powerful, with the leaves emphasized as the key ritual element.

Characters & Entities

• bilva-patra
• Cāturmāsya
• sin removal (agha)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Simple offerings made in the right sacred season carry immense purificatory power.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The practice is taught within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya framework, linking seasonal worship to that sacred locale.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offering bilva leaves in worship, particularly during Cāturmāsya.