Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

विष्णुभक्तिरतो नित्यं चातुर्मास्ये विशेषतः

Transliteration

viṣṇubhaktirato nityaṃ cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Il demeurait sans cesse voué à la bhakti envers Viṣṇu, tout particulièrement durant la période sacrée de Cāturmāsya.

Word by Word

• विष्णुभक्तिः: devotion to Viṣṇu
• विष्णुभक्तिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु + भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष—विष्णोः भक्तिः

• रतः: engaged; devoted
• रतः: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रत (प्रातिपदिक; √रम् क्त/निष्ठा-विशेषण)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त/निष्ठान्त-विशेषण, पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (अर्थे) आसक्तः

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचन-प्रयोग (adverbial accusative)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; काल/अवधि-विशेष (the four-month period)

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-Visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb), ‘विशेषेण’ इत्यर्थः

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt (Tīrthamāhātmya narrator voice)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A serene portrait of Gālava as a steadfast Vaiṣṇava: tulasī-mālā, calm gaze, disciples attentive; visual cues of cāturmāsya—monsoon clouds, damp earth, a lamp-lit shrine, and restrained ascetic routine.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Bhakti becomes especially potent when intensified in sacred seasons like Cāturmāsya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular place is named; the focus is on the sacred time-observance (Cāturmāsya) within a tīrtha-oriented chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Special emphasis on Viṣṇu-bhakti and vrata-like discipline during Cāturmāsya.