Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

निष्कामः कुरुते यस्तु व्रतमेतत्समाहितः । चातुर्मास्युद्भवानां च नियमानां फलं लभेत्

Transliteration

niṣkāmaḥ kurute yastu vratametatsamāhitaḥ | cāturmāsyudbhavānāṃ ca niyamānāṃ phalaṃ labhet

Translation

Mais quiconque accomplit ce vœu l’esprit recueilli et sans désir de récompense obtient aussi le fruit des disciplines liées au Cāturmāsya.

Word by Word

• niṣkāmaḥ: desireless
• niṣkāmaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣ-kāma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• kurute: does/performs
• kurute: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• yaḥ: who (he)
• yaḥ: Kartā (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• tu: indeed/but
• tu: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक (but/indeed)

• vratam: vow
• vratam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (एतद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• samāhitaḥ: composed/attentive
• samāhitaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-dhā (सम्+आ+धा धातु) → samāhita (क्त-कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त

• cāturmāsya-udbhavānām: of those arising from the Cāturmāsya (observance)
• cāturmāsya-udbhavānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक) + udbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन; नियमानाम् विशेषणम्

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• niyamānām: of the disciplines/restrictions
• niyamānām: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), बहुवचन

• phalam: fruit/result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• labhet: should obtain
• labhet: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: labh (लभ् धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within the Jalaśāyī-upākhyāna)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Aśūnyaśayana-vrata)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee seated in meditation near a temple tank during monsoon, performing the vow with steady posture; above, symbolic rainclouds and a calendar-like motif of four months indicating Cāturmāsya discipline.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Aśūnyaśayana (Vrata)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Desireless practice elevates a vow: niṣkāma observance yields broader spiritual fruit comparable to major seasonal disciplines.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse remains within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya setting, though it highlights the vow’s pan-dharmic merit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform the vow with samādhāna (focus) and niṣkāmatā (non-attachment), equating its fruit with Cāturmāsya-related niyamas.