Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अधिमासप्रयुक्तेन ते स्युश्चांद्रेण निर्मिताः । नाक्षत्रेण तु मानेन सिध्यंते ग्रहचारिकाः

Transliteration

adhimāsaprayuktena te syuścāṃdreṇa nirmitāḥ | nākṣatreṇa tu mānena sidhyaṃte grahacārikāḥ

Translation

Ces choses sont établies par le système lunaire (cāndra) lorsqu’on applique le mois intercalaire (adhimāsa). Mais selon la mesure fondée sur les nakṣatras, les mouvements des planètes sont déterminés avec justesse.

Word by Word

• अधिमासप्रयुक्तेन: by/with what is applied in the intercalary month
• अधिमासप्रयुक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिमास-प्रयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; अधिमास + प्रयुक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्युः: would be / should be
• स्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• आन्द्रेण: by the lunar (measure/system)
• आन्द्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• निर्मिताः: made/constructed
• निर्मिताः: Kriya (Result-state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√मा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• आक्षत्रेण: by the nakṣatra-based (measure)
• आक्षत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (adversative/emphatic particle)

• मानेन: by a measure/standard
• मानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• सिध्यन्ते: are accomplished/are established
• सिध्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• ग्रहचारिकाः: planetary motions/orbits
• ग्रहचारिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह-चारिका (प्रातिपदिक; ग्रह + चारिका)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice (Purāṇic exposition; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic classroom: a lunar calendar wheel with an inserted adhimāsa segment; beside it, a nakṣatra ring and moving grahas traced along arcs, showing why each measure is used.

Characters & Entities

• Adhimāsa
• Cāndra-māna
• Nakṣatra
• Graha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time is carefully harmonized: lunar months may be corrected by adhimāsa, while stellar measures support accurate astronomical calculation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya, though the verse itself focuses on calendrical science rather than site-praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies correct calendrical alignment (including adhimāsa) for observances, and notes nakṣatra-measure for planetary computations.