Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

इत्युक्ता सा भगवती पुनराह महेश्वरम् । चातुर्मास्ये च संप्राप्ते महाव्रत धरो यदि

Transliteration

ityuktā sā bhagavatī punarāha maheśvaram | cāturmāsye ca saṃprāpte mahāvrata dharo yadi

Translation

ऐसा कहे जाने पर वह भगवती फिर महेश्वर से बोली—“जब पवित्र चातुर्मास्य का समय आ पहुँचे, तब यदि आप, महाव्रतधारी, …”

Word by Word

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)

• uktā: having been spoken to / addressed
• uktā: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु) → ukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘said/being addressed’

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• bhagavatī: the revered goddess
• bhagavatī: Karta (Apposition to subject/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेष्य (appositive to sā)

• punar: again
• punar: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punar (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• āha: said
• āha: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ah (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• maheśvaram: to Maheshvara (Śiva)
• maheśvaram: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• cāturmāsye: in the four-month period (Cāturmāsya)
• cāturmāsye: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)

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

• saṃprāpte: when (it) has arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam + √prāp (धातु) → saṃprāpta (कृदन्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग? सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘(when) arrived/occurred’—सप्तमी absolute-सदृश प्रयोग

• mahāvrata: the great vow
• mahāvrata: Karman (Object implied with dharaḥ/धरो—‘bearing the great vow’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समास: महत् + व्रत

• dharaḥ: (you) who bear
• dharaḥ: Karta (Subject in conditional clause/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘धारयिता’ (bearer)

• yadi: if
• yadi: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तसूचक अव्यय (conditional particle)

Speaker

Pārvatī (Devī/Bhagavatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Goddess begins a formal request, marking the arrival of Cāturmāsya; the scene shows monsoon cues—clouds, damp earth, temple lamps—while the divine couple sits in solemn counsel.

Characters & Entities

• Pārvatī
• Śiva
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (kāla) is dharmic power: Cāturmāsya is treated as a spiritually charged season for vows and merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse occurs within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya context of Nāgara-khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cāturmāsya observance is introduced; the detailed condition continues in subsequent verses.