Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

एवं तस्य व्रतस्थस्य षण्मासा दिवसैस्त्रिभिः । हीनाः स्युर्ब्राह्मणेंद्राणां नमस्कारपरस्य च

Transliteration

evaṃ tasya vratasthasya ṣaṇmāsā divasaistribhiḥ | hīnāḥ syurbrāhmaṇeṃdrāṇāṃ namaskāraparasya ca

Translation

Thus, for one steadfast in his vow and devoted to salutations, by the grace of the foremost brāhmaṇas, six months were shortened by three days.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of manner: “thus”)

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• व्रतस्थस्य: of one abiding in a vow
• व्रतस्थस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रत-स्थ (प्रातिपदिक; व्रत + स्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of तस्य)

• षण्मासाः: six months
• षण्मासाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण्मास (प्रातिपदिक; षट् + मास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• दिवसैः: by days
• दिवसैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/measure)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दिवस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• त्रिभिः: by three
• त्रिभिः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण (numeral adjective)

• हीनाः: shortened/less
• हीनाः: Karta-pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विधेयविशेषण (predicative adjective)

• स्युः: would be
• स्युः: Kriyā (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन

• ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणाम्: of the best of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणेन्द्राणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण-इन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक; ब्राह्मण + इन्द्र)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• नमस्कारपरस्य: of one devoted to salutation
• नमस्कारपरस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नमस्कार-पर (प्रातिपदिक; नमस्कार + पर)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier of तस्य)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; result of the conduct is stated)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A vow-observant youth stands with folded hands before a circle of radiant brāhmaṇa-sages; the atmosphere suggests time’s burden lightened by their grace.

Characters & Entities

• vratastha (vow-holder)
• brāhmaṇendra (foremost brāhmaṇas)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sincere vrata and reverent conduct generate tangible spiritual ‘phala’, showing dharma’s power to transform outcomes.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it expresses Māhātmya-style results (phala) tied to sacred conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotion to namaskāra (salutations) and steadfastness in vrata (religious observance) are highlighted as efficacious practices.