Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

वह्नयश्च तथा विप्रास्तर्पिताः कार्यसाधकाः । चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण तेषां पूजा महाफला

Transliteration

vahnayaśca tathā viprāstarpitāḥ kāryasādhakāḥ | cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa teṣāṃ pūjā mahāphalā

Translation

Lorsque les feux sacrés et les brāhmaṇa sont dûment satisfaits, ils accomplissent les desseins de l’homme. Surtout durant le Cāturmāsya, le culte qui leur est offert porte un fruit immense.

Word by Word

• वह्नयः: fires
• वह्नयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• तथा: also; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थक

• विप्राः: brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तर्पिताः: satisfied; propitiated
• तर्पिताः: Visheshana (Adjectival to 'विप्राः')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप् (धातु) + त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; 'तर्पित' = satisfied/propitiated

• कार्यसाधकाः: accomplishers of the intended rite/task
• कार्यसाधकाः: Visheshana (Adjectival to 'विप्राः')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य-साधक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—कार्यं साधयन्ति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्म-तत्पुरुष)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; चातुर्मास्य-व्रत/काल

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषणवत् (instrumental used adverbially): 'especially'

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

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

• महाफला: highly fruitful
• महाफला: Visheshana (Predicate adjective to 'पूजा')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-फल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—महत् फलम् यस्याः सा (कर्मधारय: 'great-fruited')

Speaker

Unspecified (ritual-dharma instruction within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small yajña-śālā near a tīrtha: sacred fire blazing, offerings being made; a line of brāhmaṇas seated for bhojana and tarpaṇa; the sky shows monsoon clouds indicating Cāturmāsya; the patron offers dakṣiṇā with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is strengthened by honoring agni and brāhmaṇas; such reverence makes spiritual and worldly aims succeed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not specify a named tīrtha; it gives a general rule applicable within tīrtha observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Propitiate/satisfy sacred fires and brāhmaṇas, and perform their pūjā—especially during Cāturmāsya—for great merit.