Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

संप्राप्ताः परमं स्थानं तद्रिष्णोः परमं पदम् । यत्फलं सर्वतीर्थेषु सर्वयज्ञेषु यत्फलम् । तत्फलं तस्य पूजायां चातुर्मास्यां प्रजायते

Transliteration

saṃprāptāḥ paramaṃ sthānaṃ tadriṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam | yatphalaṃ sarvatīrtheṣu sarvayajñeṣu yatphalam | tatphalaṃ tasya pūjāyāṃ cāturmāsyāṃ prajāyate

Translation

Ils atteignirent la demeure suprême, la plus haute station de Viṣṇu. Quel que soit le fruit obtenu en tous les tīrthas et quel que soit le fruit obtenu en tous les sacrifices, ce même fruit naît du culte rendu à Lui durant le Cāturmāsya.

Word by Word

• saṃprāptāḥ: having attained
• saṃprāptāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam√prāp (धातु) + saṃprāpta (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; adjectival participle qualifying implied subject

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; adjective of sthānam

• sthānam: abode, place
• sthānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sthāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• tad: of that
• tad: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; genitive determiner of riṣṇoḥ (intended: viṣṇoḥ)

• riṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• riṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; पाठभेद/लिप्यन्तर: riṣṇoḥ ≈ viṣṇoḥ

• paramam: supreme
• paramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; adjective of padam

• padam: state, step, abode
• padam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; correlating with tat- in tatphalam

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• sarva-tīrtheṣu: in all sacred places
• sarva-tīrtheṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि तीर्थाणि), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; locative of sphere

• sarva-yajñeṣu: in all sacrifices
• sarva-yajñeṣu: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + yajña (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: कर्मधारय (सर्वे यज्ञाः), पुल्लिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), बहुवचन; locative of sphere

• yat: which
• yat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; repeats correlative

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; determiner of phalam

• phalam: fruit
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tasya: of him/that (deity)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; genitive with pūjāyām

• pūjāyām: in worship
• pūjāyām: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• cāturmāsyām: during the Cāturmāsya (four-month period)
• cāturmāsyām: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; time-locative (during the four-month observance)

• prajāyate: arises, is produced
• prajāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra√jan (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Biladvāra (context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (Not stated)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sages, after sustained Cāturmāsya worship, are shown ascending toward Viṣṇu’s supreme realm; below, the temple and tīrtha; above, luminous Vaikuṇṭha with Viṣṇu enthroned or as radiant presence.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Tīrtha
• Yajña
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Focused devotion in a sanctified time (Cāturmāsya) can yield the combined merit of extensive pilgrimages and sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching is framed within a particular Nāgara Khaṇḍa tīrtha context, but the verse itself universalizes the fruit beyond all tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of Viṣṇu specifically during Cāturmāsya.