Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59

Devanagari script

वैशाख्यां च करिष्यामि अत्राहं च द्वितीयके

Transliteration

vaiśākhyāṃ ca kariṣyāmi atrāhaṃ ca dvitīyake

Translation

Et au mois de Vaiśākha aussi, j’accomplirai le rite ici—au second Puṣkara.

Word by Word

• वैशाख्याम्: in (the month of) Vaiśākhī
• वैशाख्याम्: Kala-adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैशाखी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्ययम्

• करिष्यामि: I will do/perform
• करिष्यामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकारः (Simple Future), परस्मैपदम्, उत्तम-पुरुषः (1st person), एकवचनम्

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम्

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्ययम्

• द्वितीयके: at the second (place/occasion)
• द्वितीयके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्वितीयक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (Locative), एकवचनम्; स्थान/तीर्थ-नामरूपेण

Speaker

Brahmā (speaking)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvitīya Puṣkara

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā indicates or prepares for a rite at the second Puṣkara during Vaiśākha; springtime brightness, flowering trees, pilgrims bathing; a sense of calendrical transition from Kārttika to Vaiśākha.

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśākha (month)
• Dvitīya-Puṣkara (second Puṣkara)
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic tīrtha practice is tied to sacred months; Vaiśākha is highlighted as another powerful time for worshipful rites.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The ‘second’ Puṣkara (Dvitīya-Puṣkara) within the Puṣkara-traya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Performance of a rite (contextually yajña/major ritual activity) in the month of Vaiśākha at the second Puṣkara.