Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

सर्वपापविनाशाय देवता तोषणाय च । चातुर्मास्ये जलस्नानं सर्वपापक्षयावहम्

Transliteration

sarvapāpavināśāya devatā toṣaṇāya ca | cāturmāsye jalasnānaṃ sarvapāpakṣayāvaham

Translation

Pour la destruction de tous les péchés et pour la satisfaction des divinités, durant le Cāturmāsya le bain d’eau entraîne l’épuisement de toute faute.

Word by Word

• सर्वपापविनाशाय: for the destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापविनाशाय: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + पाप + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे दत्तिविभक्तिः (for the purpose of)

• देवताः: the deities
• देवताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• तोषणाय: for pleasing
• तोषणाय: Sampradana (Recipient/Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोषण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for pleasing)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative of time)

• जलस्नानम्: bathing in water
• जलस्नानम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल + स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• सर्वपापक्षयावहम्: bringing about the destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापक्षयावहम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + क्षय + आवह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying जलस्नानम्)

Speaker

Brahmā (in Brahma–Nārada dialogue; inferred from chapter colophon context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrim audience within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa discourse

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Monsoon-season pilgrims bathe in a river/pond; clouds and softened light indicate Cāturmāsya; devas above appear satisfied as sin (darkness) dissolves into water.

Characters & Entities

• Devatāḥ
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cāturmāsya bathing is celebrated as a powerful purifier that removes sin and aligns one with divine favor.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter frames the teaching within Gaṅgā-water bathing merit, though the verse itself states the general Cāturmāsya practice.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform jalasnāna (water-bath) specifically during Cāturmāsya for pāpa-kṣaya and devatā-toṣaṇa.