Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 24

Devanagari script

लोभः सदा परित्याज्यः पापं लोभे समास्थितम् । तपस्तस्यैव विजयश्चातुर्मास्ये विशेषतः

Transliteration

lobhaḥ sadā parityājyaḥ pāpaṃ lobhe samāsthitam | tapastasyaiva vijayaścāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ

Translation

La cupidité doit toujours être abandonnée, car le péché siège dans la cupidité. La victoire sur elle s’obtient par l’austérité, tout particulièrement durant Cāturmāsya.

Word by Word

• lobhaḥ: greed
• lobhaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lobha (लोभ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• parityājyaḥ: to be abandoned
• parityājyaḥ: Vidhi (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pari√tyaj (परि + √त्यज्, धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (lobhaḥ)

• pāpam: sin, evil
• pāpam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (पाप-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• lobhe: in greed
• lobhe: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: lobha (लोभ-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• samāsthitam: situated/established
• samāsthitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samā√sthā (सम् + आ + √स्था, धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (pāpam)

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (तपस्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• tasya: of that (greed)
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• vijayaḥ: victory, conquest
• vijayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vijaya (विजय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• cāturmāsye: in the Cāturmāsya observance
• cāturmāsye: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (चातुर्मास्य-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Sambandha (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: especially)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-ascetic at a monsoon-season tīrtha, turning away from a heap of coins offered by temptation; in the background a calm shrine and rain-laden clouds, symbolizing Cāturmāsya discipline.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Greed is a seat of sin; renounce it and use tapas—especially in Cāturmāsya—to win inner purity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name a site; it frames the moral discipline that makes tīrtha observances spiritually effective.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Austerity (tapas) during Cāturmāsya is recommended as the special means to conquer greed.