Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण तव पूजा महाफला । अद्यप्रभृति यैर्लोकैर्बिल्वपत्रैस्तु पूजिता

Transliteration

cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa tava pūjā mahāphalā | adyaprabhṛti yairlokairbilvapatraistu pūjitā

Translation

Surtout durant la saison de Cāturmāsya, ton culte porte un fruit immense ; dès ce jour même et désormais, pour ceux qui te vénèrent avec des feuilles de bilva…

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: in Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचकः

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रकारवाचकः (in particular)

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महाफला: greatly fruitful
• महाफला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (पूजा); कर्मधारयः (महत् फलम् यस्याः)

• अद्यप्रभृति: from today onward
• अद्यप्रभृति: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य-प्रभृति (अव्यय; adya + prabhṛti)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययीभावः (from today onwards)

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• लोकैः: by people
• लोकैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• बिल्वपत्रैः: with bilva leaves
• बिल्वपत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल्व-पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Nipata (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (particle: indeed/but)

• पूजिता: is/was worshipped
• पूजिता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (पूजा) पूजिता = worshipped

Speaker

Gālava (deduced from immediate chapter-context; narrative dialogue in Paijavana-upākhyāna)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A proclamation scene: a teacher/priest indicates the onset of Cāturmāsya; devotees commence bilva worship, marking a new vow with lamps, water pots, and fresh leaves.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Bilva (Bael leaves)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Timing and sincerity matter in vrata—Cāturmāsya intensifies the fruit of worship when done with devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching sits inside the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya flow of Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform pūjā during Cāturmāsya, specifically offering bilva leaves.