Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4

Devanagari script

कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य दुर्वासा मुनि सत्तमः । चातुर्मास्यव्रतं कृत्वा तद्गृहं समुपस्थितः

Transliteration

kasyacittvatha kālasya durvāsā muni sattamaḥ | cāturmāsyavrataṃ kṛtvā tadgṛhaṃ samupasthitaḥ

Translation

Puis, à un certain moment, l’excellent sage Durvāsā—le meilleur des munis—ayant accompli le vœu de Cāturmāsya, se rendit à la demeure du roi.

Word by Word

• कस्यचित्: of some
• कस्यचित्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विरोध/अन्वयार्थक (particle: but/indeed)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Sequencing/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

• कालस्य: of time/at a certain time
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दुर्वासाः: Durvāsā
• दुर्वासाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुर्वासा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सत्तमः: best/excellent
• सत्तमः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + तमप् (तद्धित)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अतिशयार्थक (superlative) विशेषण

• चातुर्मास्यव्रतम्: the Cāturmāsya vow
• चातुर्मास्यव्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः तत्पुरुष (चातुर्मास्यं व्रतम्)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• तत्: that (his)
• तत्: Visheshana (Determiner/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम विशेषण

• गृहम्: house
• गृहम्: Karma (Goal as object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• समुपस्थितः: arrived/approached
• समुपस्थितः: Kriya (Resultant state/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + उप + स्था (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle) ‘आगतः/उपस्थितः’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Sūta (implied)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kalaśeśvara (narrative prelude)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Durvāsā, radiant from austerity, arrives at the palace gate with ascetic staff and matted locks; the air feels charged with tapas as attendants announce his presence.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā
• Cāturmāsya-vrata
• King Kalaśa (implied by context)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A house becomes holy through dharma: receiving a vow-observing sage is portrayed as a pivotal moment of spiritual consequence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode forms part of the Kalaśeśvara māhātmya, explaining the sanctity behind the shrine at the lake-bank.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cāturmāsya-vrata is referenced as a significant ascetic observance undertaken by Durvāsā.