Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

तस्य योग्या तदा देवि भविष्यसि यदा तपः । चातुर्मास्ये हरिप्रीत्यै करिष्यसि शुभानने

Transliteration

tasya yogyā tadā devi bhaviṣyasi yadā tapaḥ | cāturmāsye hariprītyai kariṣyasi śubhānane

Translation

「女神よ、麗しき面貌の者よ。汝が苦行（タパス）を修するとき、汝はそれにふさわしくなる。チャートゥルマーシャの期間、ハリを喜ばせるために、その苦行を行うがよい。」

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (pronominal)

• योग्या: fit, worthy
• योग्या: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• देवि: O goddess/lady
• देवि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• भविष्यसि: you will become
• भविष्यसि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana (Time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (relative temporal adverb)

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya (four-month vow/season)
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन

• हरिप्रीत्यै: for Hari’s pleasure
• हरिप्रीत्यै: Sampradana (Purpose/recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रीति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (harer prītiḥ)

• करिष्यसि: you will do/perform
• करिष्यसि: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन

• शुभानने: O fair-faced one
• शुभानने: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (शुभम् आननम् यस्याः)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cāturmāsya (as vrata-kāla)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pārvatī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Īśvara instructs the Devī: undertake tapas in the four-month sacred season (Cāturmāsya) for Hari’s pleasure; imagery of monsoon months, vows, lamps, and daily worship.

Characters & Entities

• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Cāturmāsya
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Tapas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Eligibility for higher realization is linked to disciplined tapas performed with devotional intention—specifically to please Hari.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named in this verse; it situates practice (vrata/tapas) within the broader tīrtha-glorification chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform tapas in Cāturmāsya with the aim of Hari-prīti (pleasing Viṣṇu).