Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये ये मनुजा नर्मदाऽमरकण्टके । तीर्थे स्नास्यंति नियतास्तेषां वासस्त्रिविष्टपे

Transliteration

cāturmāsye ye manujā narmadā'marakaṇṭake | tīrthe snāsyaṃti niyatāsteṣāṃ vāsastriviṣṭape

Translation

Ceux qui, avec discipline et observance, se baigneront au tīrtha d’Amarakantaka sur la Narmadā durant le Cāturmāsya—leur demeure sera en Triviṣṭapa (le ciel).

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: during Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (relative pronoun; nominative plural)

• मनुजाः: people/men
• मनुजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• नर्मदा: Narmadā (river)
• नर्मदा: Adhikaraṇa (Location—name in apposition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular); स्थान-निर्देशे नाम

• अमरकण्टके: at Amarakāṇṭaka
• अमरकण्टके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरकण्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• स्नास्यन्ति: will bathe
• स्नास्यन्ति: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• नियताः: disciplined/observant
• नियताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘मनुजाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• वासः: dwelling/abode
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• त्रिविष्टपे: in heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta-style narration within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amarakaṇṭaka (Narmadā-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn in monsoon season, disciplined pilgrims bathe at Amarakantaka; mist rises from the river; above, a subtle vision of Triviṣṭapa appears—celestial light and airy palaces—signifying the promised loka.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Amarakaṇṭaka
• Cāturmāsya
• Triviṣṭapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage discipline (niyama) combined with tīrtha-snāna is celebrated as a powerful source of puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amarakaṇṭaka on the Narmadā—presented as a highly meritorious bathing tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observant bathing (snāna) at the tīrtha specifically during the Cāturmāsya period.