Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

ततस्तैरपि वक्तव्यं चतुर्मासीसमुद्भवम् । व्रतानां नियमानां च व्रतं भूयात्तवाखिलम्

Transliteration

tatastairapi vaktavyaṃ caturmāsīsamudbhavam | vratānāṃ niyamānāṃ ca vrataṃ bhūyāttavākhilam

Translation

បន្ទាប់មក ពួកគេក៏គួរនិយាយថា៖ «សូមឲ្យវត្តទាំងមូលរបស់អ្នក—កើតពីរដូវចាតុರ್ಮាស្យា ជាមួយនឹងព្រហ្មចារីវត្ត និងវិន័យទាំងឡាយ—សម្រេចពេញលេញ»។

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रमवाचक (sequential adverb)

• तैः: by them/they
• तैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (सामान्यतः), तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थ (also/even)

• वक्तव्यम्: should be said
• वक्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘to be said/should be said’

• चतुर्मासी-समुद्भवम्: arising from the four-month (vow/period)
• चतुर्मासी-समुद्भवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर्मासी-समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक; चतुर्मासिन्/चतुर्मासी + समुद्भव)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying implied object/statement)

• व्रतानाम्: of vows
• व्रतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• नियमानाम्: of observances
• नियमानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नियम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

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

• व्रतम्: the vow
• व्रतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भूयात्: may it be/become
• भूयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• तव: your/of you
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अखिलम्: entire/complete
• अखिलम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying ‘vratam’)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual continuation; quoted blessing by brāhmaṇas)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brāhmaṇas pronounce auspicious words of completion; their hands raised in blessing; the devotee listens with folded hands; a calendar/seasonal motif (rain clouds, monsoon greenery) subtly indicates Cāturmāsya.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Vrata
• Niyama

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A vrata is strengthened by the blessings of the virtuous; communal affirmation and benediction complete religious practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No geographical tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on Cāturmāsya-season vrata completion and blessing.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Brāhmaṇas respond with a formal blessing that the Cāturmāsya-born vows and disciplines be fully fulfilled.