Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
Devanagari script
चतुर्थ्यां च चतुर्थ्यां च सर्वैर्नगरवासिभिः । तस्मिन्महोत्सवः कार्यो राष्ट्रक्षेमार्थ सिद्धये
Transliteration
caturthyāṃ ca caturthyāṃ ca sarvairnagaravāsibhiḥ | tasminmahotsavaḥ kāryo rāṣṭrakṣemārtha siddhaye
Translation
An jedem Caturthī (dem vierten Mondtag) sollen alle Stadtbewohner gemeinsam dort ein großes Fest begehen, damit Wohlergehen und Sicherheit des Reiches vollendet werden.
Word by Word
चतुर्थ्याम्on the fourth (lunar day)
चतुर्थ्याम्:
Kāla (Time)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तिथिवाचक
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
चतुर्थ्याम्on the fourth (again)
चतुर्थ्याम्:
Kāla (Time)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर्थी (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (emphatic repetition)
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)
सर्वैःby all
सर्वैः:
Karta (Agent/Doer)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्व-शब्दः (collective: 'by all')
नगरवासिभिःby the town-dwellers
नगरवासिभिः:
Karta (Agent/Doer)
TypeNoun
Rootनगर + वासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; (नगरे वासिनः)
तस्मिन्in that (occasion/place)
तस्मिन्:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन
महोत्सवःa great festival
महोत्सवः:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा + उत्सव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative), एकवचन; (महान् उत्सवः)
कार्यःshould be performed/held
कार्यः:
Vidhi (Obligation)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formतव्यत्/य-प्रत्ययान्त (Gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (to be done/held)
राष्ट्रक्षेमार्थfor the welfare of the kingdom
राष्ट्रक्षेमार्थ:
Sampradāna (Purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootराष्ट्र + क्षेम + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन; (राष्ट्रक्षेमस्य अर्थाय)
सिद्धयेfor success/attainment
सिद्धये:
Sampradāna (Purpose)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन
Speaker
Śiva (Īśvara) (deduced from immediate narrative context in Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)
FAQs
Shared, time-bound worship (on Caturthī) strengthens both dharma and collective well-being, linking devotion with social order.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa Kshetra) within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa of the Skanda Purāṇa.
A mahotsava (grand public festival) to be performed by all city residents on each Caturthī.