Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

तथा यूयमपि प्राप्ते मासि भाद्रपदे तथा । पंचम्यां कृष्णपक्षस्य तत्र पूजामवाप्स्यथ

Transliteration

tathā yūyamapi prāpte māsi bhādrapade tathā | paṃcamyāṃ kṛṣṇapakṣasya tatra pūjāmavāpsyatha

Translation

അതുപോലെ ഭാദ്രപദമാസം വന്നാൽ, കൃഷ്ണപക്ഷത്തിലെ പഞ്ചമി തിഥിയിൽ, നിങ്ങളും അവിടെ പൂജാ-മര്യാദ ലഭിക്കും.

Word by Word

• तथा: thus; in that way
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb: 'thus/in that manner')

• यूयम्: you (all)
• यूयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/स्त्रीलिङ्ग (common), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अपि: also; even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle: 'also/even')

• प्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived; on the arrival (of)
• प्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप् (धातु) + त (क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (agreeing with 'मासि')

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• भाद्रपदे: in Bhādrapada (month)
• भाद्रपदे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाद्रपद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (month-name used locatively)

• तथा: likewise; thus
• तथा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• पञ्चम्याम्: on the fifth (tithi)
• पञ्चम्याम्: Adhikarana (Time-locative/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन (tithi-name)

• कृष्णपक्षस्य: of the dark fortnight
• कृष्णपक्षस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृष्णपक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (determinative: 'kṛṣṇa' + 'pakṣa'); पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb: 'there')

• पूजाम्: worship
• पूजाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्स्यथ: you will obtain
• अवाप्स्यथ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Brahmā (contextual continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nāgatīrtha

Type: tirtha

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims receive an injunction about Bhādrapada kṛṣṇa-pañcamī; a sacred ford with nāga-emblems is implied, with preparations for a scheduled pūjā.

Characters & Entities

• Bhādrapada
• Kṛṣṇapakṣa
• Pañcamī
• Nāgatīrtha
• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is practiced through time-sanctified observances; aligning worship with sacred calendrical moments yields merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Nāgatīrtha, where Nāga-worship is scheduled and promised.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Nāga-pūjā at Nāgatīrtha on Bhādrapada kṛṣṇapakṣa pañcamī.