Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

Especially during Cāturmāsya, he would obtain merit equal to that of an Aśvamedha sacrifice.

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक) < चातुर् + मास (समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘चातुर्मास्य’ इति चातुर्मासव्रत/कालवाचक-शब्दः

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: करण (Instrumental/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः (adverbial instrumental)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अश्वमेधफलम्: the fruit of the Aśvamedha (sacrifice)
• अश्वमेधफलम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध + फल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अश्वमेधस्य फलम्)

• लभेत्: may obtain
• लभेत्: क्रिया (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Brahmā (in Brahma–Nārada dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context of the kathā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A monsoon-season temple scene: devotees seated under a mandapa listening to kathā; rain clouds outside; a symbolic horse-sacrifice icon (horse emblem) appears as a metaphor for the stated merit equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-sanctified observances like Cāturmāsya magnify spiritual merit, equating simple devotional acts with great Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching appears within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya framework of Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance during Cāturmāsya is prescribed as especially meritorious (contextually tied to hearing/reciting the sacred account).