Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

पुत्रशोकपरां चोमां शुभैर्वाक्यामृतैर्हरः । चातुर्मासस्य माहात्म्यं सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्

Transliteration

putraśokaparāṃ comāṃ śubhairvākyāmṛtairharaḥ | cāturmāsasya māhātmyaṃ sarvapāpapraṇāśanam

Translation

Hari, par des paroles de bon augure semblables au nectar, consola Umā accablée par le chagrin pour son fils, et enseigna la grandeur du Cāturmāsya, qui détruit tous les péchés.

Word by Word

• पुत्रशोकपराम्: afflicted by grief for her son
• पुत्रशोकपराम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + शोक (प्रातिपदिक) + परा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'intent on/overcome by grief for (her) son' (पुत्रस्य शोकः; तस्मिन् परा)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction: 'and')

• उमाम्: Umā
• उमाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'Umā'

• शुभैः: with auspicious
• शुभैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन — 'with auspicious (words)' qualifying वाक्यामृतैः

• वाक्यामृतैः: with nectar-like words
• वाक्यामृतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाक्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन — 'with nectar-like words' (अमृतं इव वाक्यानि)

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'Hara (Śiva)'

• चातुर्मासस्य: of the four-month observance
• चातुर्मासस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन — 'of the four-month period (Cāturmāsya)'

• माहात्म्यम्: the greatness
• माहात्म्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: माहात्म्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'greatness, glory'

• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: destroying all sins
• सर्वपापप्रणाशनम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रणाशन (प्रातिपदिक; √नश् with प्र- + ल्युट्/अन)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — 'destroyer of all sins' qualifying माहात्म्यम्

Speaker

Narrative voice

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇas (outer); Umā (inner)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Hari speaks gently with nectar-like words, consoling grief-stricken Umā; the atmosphere is intimate, devotional, and didactic, hinting at the sanctity of the Cāturmāsya season.

Characters & Entities

• Umā (Pārvatī)
• Hari
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred observances like Cāturmāsya are portrayed as powerful means of purification, and divine teaching is offered as solace that transforms grief into dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The chapter belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting in Nāgara Khaṇḍa, while this verse specifically glorifies the Cāturmāsya period.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse points to the Cāturmāsya observance (vrata/niyama season) as a sin-destroying dharmic practice, without detailing a specific rite here.