Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

ततश्च फाल्गुने मासि संप्राप्ते मुनिसत्तम । कुन्देन पूजयेद्देवं तेनैव विधिना ततः

Transliteration

tataśca phālgune māsi saṃprāpte munisattama | kundena pūjayeddevaṃ tenaiva vidhinā tataḥ

Translation

そしてファールグナ月が到来したなら、ああ最勝の聖仙よ、クンダの花をもって主を供養し、そののちも同じ作法に従って行ずべし。

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal context/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘thereafter/then’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) — conjunction ‘and’

• phālgune: in (the month of) Phālguna
• phālgune: Adhikarana (Location in time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phālguna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — ‘in Phālguna (month)’ (मास-विशेषण)

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — ‘in the month’

• saṃprāpte: when (it) has arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam√prāp (धातु) + ta (क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘when (it) has arrived’ (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध/locative absolute with māsi)

• muni-sattama: O best sage
• muni-sattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — ‘O best of sages’

• kundena: with kunda (flowers)
• kundena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kunda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — ‘with kunda-flower’ (करण)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘should worship’

• devam: the deity
• devam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — ‘the god’

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — ‘by that/with that’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण-निपात) — ‘indeed/only’

• vidhinā: by the prescribed rite
• vidhinā: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — ‘by the prescribed method’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal context/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then/thereafter’

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration; likely Skanda addressing a sage-listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munisattama (best of sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-devotee in early spring (Phālguna) offers white kunda blossoms at a shrine of the Lord; attendants prepare offerings as the ritual continues in a steady, inherited procedure.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna (month)
• Kunda (flowers)
• Deva (Sūrya implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is sustained through regularity: devotion is renewed month by month with fitting offerings and consistent practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse highlights month-based vrata continuation within Tīrthamāhātmya; the exact tīrtha is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

In Phālguna, worship using kunda flowers and repeat the same established ritual method (tenaiva vidhinā).