Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

इदं हि पंचायतनं सेव्यते गृहमेधिभिः । चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण सेवितं चिंतितप्रदम्

Transliteration

idaṃ hi paṃcāyatanaṃ sevyate gṛhamedhibhiḥ | cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa sevitaṃ ciṃtitapradam

Translation

En vérité, ce culte du Pañcāyatana est pratiqué par les maîtres de maison. Lorsqu’il est accompli tout spécialement durant Cāturmāsya, il accorde ce que l’on a chéri et désiré dans le cœur.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सर्वनाम (here: nominative subject “this”)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु (particle)

• पंचायतनम्: the pañcāyatana (fivefold shrine/worship)
• पंचायतनम्: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + āyatana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन. समासः—द्विगु (पञ्चानाम् आयतनम्; “group of five shrines/deities”)

• सेव्यते: is worshipped
• सेव्यते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sev (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: “is served/worshipped”)

• गृहमेधिभिः: by householders
• गृहमेधिभिः: Karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + medhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन. समासः—तत्पुरुषः (गृहमेधी = गृहस्थः; “householders”)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Karana (Manner/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (instrumental used adverbially: “especially”)

• सेवितम्: having been worshipped
• सेवितम्: Karta (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sev (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies ‘पंचायतनम्’)

• चिंतितप्रदम्: granting what is desired/thought of
• चिंतितप्रदम्: Karta (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cintita (कृदन्त; √cint) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies ‘पंचायतनम्’). समासः—तत्पुरुषः (चिन्तितं प्रददाति)

Speaker

Unknown (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a Purāṇic teacher)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pañcāyatana altar: five small icons arranged with a central deity, lamps and offerings, a householder couple performing daily worship during the monsoon Cāturmāsya.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcāyatana
• Cāturmāsya
• Gṛhamedhin (householder)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder life is sanctified through structured worship; performed in Cāturmāsya it becomes especially efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this line; the emphasis is on a dharmic worship system (Pañcāyatana) within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Practice Pañcāyatana worship, with special observance during Cāturmāsya.