Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्येऽथ संप्राप्ते विमले हरिवासरे । जजाप परमं मंत्रं यथादिष्टं पिनाकिना

Transliteration

cāturmāsye'tha saṃprāpte vimale harivāsare | jajāpa paramaṃ maṃtraṃ yathādiṣṭaṃ pinākinā

Translation

Puis, lorsque vint le Cāturmāsya, en un jour de Hari, pur et faste, elle récita le mantra suprême, exactement selon l’instruction du Porteur du Pināka (Śiva).

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle/connector)

• संप्राप्ते: when it had arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); चातुर्मास्ये इति विशेषण (सति-सप्तमी)

• विमले: pure/auspicious
• विमले: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); हरिवासरे इति विशेषण

• हरिवासरे: on Hari’s day (Sunday)
• हरिवासरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + वासर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जजाप: recited (japa)
• जजाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); मन्त्रं इति विशेषण

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb)

• आदिष्टम्: instructed/prescribed
• आदिष्टम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + दिश् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); मन्त्रं इति विशेषण

• पिनाकिना: by Pinākin (Śiva)
• पिनाकिना: Karana/Hetu (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devout goddess-figure (implied Pārvatī in the surrounding verses) begins intense mantra-japa during Cāturmāsya on an auspicious Hari-day, with Śiva (Pinākin) as the instructing presence; atmosphere of monsoon sanctity and vow.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Pārvatī
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Pinākin (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right timing, purity, and obedience to authentic instruction make mantra-practice spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage remains within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya frame; this verse emphasizes sacred time (Cāturmāsya, Hari-vāsara) over a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform mantra-japa during Cāturmāsya on an auspicious Hari-vāsara, following the guru/deity’s instruction.