Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये नरो भक्त्या योगाभ्यासरतो न चेत् । तस्य हस्तात्परिभ्रष्टममृतं नात्र संशयः

Transliteration

cāturmāsye naro bhaktyā yogābhyāsarato na cet | tasya hastātparibhraṣṭamamṛtaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ

Translation

ചാതുർമാസ്യത്തിൽ ഒരാൾ ഭക്തിയോടെ യോഗാഭ്യാസത്തിൽ ലീനനാകുന്നില്ലെങ്കിൽ, അവന്റെ കൈയിൽ നിന്നു അമൃതം തന്നെയാണു വഴുതിപ്പോയത്—ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല.

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya (four-month period)
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• योग-अभ्यास-रतः: engaged in the practice of yoga
• योग-अभ्यास-रतः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: योग (प्रातिपदिक) + अभ्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (नरस्य)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Condition
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त-निपात (conditional particle)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक; षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• हस्तात्: from (his) hand
• हस्तात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हस्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• परिभ्रष्टम्: fallen away, slipped away
• परिभ्रष्टम्: Pratijna/Predicative complement
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि+भ्रंश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विधेय-विशेषण

• अमृतम्: nectar/immortality (the boon)
• अमृतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमृत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• न: no/not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात

• अत्र: here/in this matter
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Scope/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक-अव्यय

• संशयः: doubt
• संशयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संशय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic scene: a person letting a pot of amṛta slip from the hand while monsoon clouds gather; beside, a yogin steadfastly practicing during Cāturmāsya, receiving a radiant drop of nectar-light.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cāturmāsya is a rare spiritual opportunity; neglecting disciplined practice then is like letting nectar slip away.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it praises the sacred time-period (Cāturmāsya) within a tīrtha-mahātmya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Bhakti-yukta yogābhyāsa—devotional engagement in yogic discipline during Cāturmāsya.