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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

चातुर्मास्ये तु यः स्नानं कुर्यात्सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात् । तथा निर्झरणे स्नाति तडागे कूपिकासु च

cāturmāsye tu yaḥ snānaṃ kuryātsiddhimavāpnuyāt | tathā nirjharaṇe snāti taḍāge kūpikāsu ca

Durant le Cāturmāsya, quiconque se baigne obtient la siddhi, l’accomplissement spirituel. De même, se baigner dans un courant de cascade, dans un étang ou même dans des puits procure ce même bienfait.

चातुर्मास्येin Cāturmāsya
चातुर्मास्ये:
अधिकरण (Locative/Time)
TypeNoun
Rootचातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
तुbut/indeed
तु:
निपात (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)
यःwho (he who)
यः:
कर्ता (Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun)
स्नानम्bathing
स्नानम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
कुर्यात्should do
कुर्यात्:
क्रिया (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
सिद्धिम्success/attainment
सिद्धिम्:
कर्म (Object)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन
अवाप्नुयात्would obtain
अवाप्नुयात्:
क्रिया (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootअव + आप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
तथाlikewise/so
तथा:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)
निर्झरणेin a waterfall/spring
निर्झरणे:
अधिकरण (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootनिर्झरण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
स्नातिbathes
स्नाति:
क्रिया (Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootस्ना (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
तडागेin a pond
तडागे:
अधिकरण (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootतडाग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन
कूपिकासुin wells
कूपिकासु:
अधिकरण (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootकूपिका (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन
and
:
समुच्चय (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

Sūta (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration typically via Sūta to sages)

Type: kund

Scene: A montage: devotees bathing in a hillside waterfall-stream (nirjhara), a village pond (taḍāga), and drawing water from a well (kūpa) for snāna; a subtle aura indicates siddhi gained through simple means.

FAQs

Cāturmāsya sanctifies even accessible forms of bathing; sincere practice leads to siddhi (spiritual attainment).

No single named tīrtha; the verse broadens merit to various water sources (springs, ponds, wells).

Snāna (ritual bathing) during Cāturmāsya, including in springs/waterfalls, ponds, and wells.