Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35

Devanagari script

विधास्यसि महेशानि तेषां ज्ञानमनुत्तमम् । चातुर्मास्येऽधिकफलं बिल्वपत्रं वरानने

Transliteration

vidhāsyasi maheśāni teṣāṃ jñānamanuttamam | cāturmāsye'dhikaphalaṃ bilvapatraṃ varānane

Translation

Ô Maheśānī, tu leur accorderas une connaissance sans égale. Ô toi au visage gracieux, durant le Cāturmāsya la feuille de bilva donne un mérite accru.

Word by Word

• विधास्यसि: you will arrange/ordain
• विधास्यसि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-धा (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (singular)

• महेशानि: O Maheśānī (Pārvatī)
• महेशानि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महेशानी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन (plural)

• ज्ञानम्: knowledge
• ज्ञानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन (singular)

• अनुत्तमम्: unsurpassed, supreme
• अनुत्तमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (adjective) ज्ञानम्-विशेषणम्

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

• अधिकफलम्: having extra fruit/result
• अधिकफलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक-फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/nom or 2nd/acc), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (अधिकं फलम् यस्य तत्)

• बिल्वपत्रम्: a bilva leaf
• बिल्वपत्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल्व-पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (बिल्वस्य पत्रम्)

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वरानना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (वरा आनना यस्याः)

Speaker

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

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Maheśānī bestows a radiant stream of knowledge-light upon a bilva-offering devotee; monsoon season motifs frame the sanctum, emphasizing heightened Cāturmāsya fruit.

Characters & Entities

• Maheśānī (Pārvatī)
• Cāturmāsya
• Bilva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional worship is not only merit-giving; it is also knowledge-giving when aligned with sacred time and right offering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative within Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Offer bilva leaves during Cāturmāsya, as it yields heightened spiritual fruit.