Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये तिलान्दत्त्वा न भूयः स्तनपो भवेत् । यवप्रदाता वसते वासवं लोकमक्षयम्

Transliteration

cāturmāsye tilāndattvā na bhūyaḥ stanapo bhavet | yavapradātā vasate vāsavaṃ lokamakṣayam

Translation

ചാതുര്മാസ്യകാലത്ത് എള്ള് ദാനം ചെയ്താൽ വീണ്ടും മുലകുടിക്കുന്ന ശിശുരൂപത്തിൽ ജന്മമെടുക്കുകയില്ല. യവം ദാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവൻ വാസവൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ)ന്റെ അക്ഷയ ലോകത്തിൽ വസിക്കും।

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन

• तिलान्: sesame seeds
• तिलान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), बहुवचन

• दत्त्वा: having given
• दत्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again)

• स्तनपः: a suckling (infant)
• स्तनपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तनप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• यवप्रदाता: giver of barley
• यवप्रदाता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यव (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (यवानां प्रदाता)

• वसते: dwells, resides
• वसते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वासवम्: of Vāsava (Indra), Indra’s
• वासवम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वासव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

• लोकम्: world, realm
• लोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• अक्षयम्: imperishable
• अक्षयम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A householder in monsoon season offers sesame and barley in a clean vessel to a seated brāhmaṇa; behind them a small homa-fire and a shrine indicate Cāturmāsya observance; the sky is rain-laden yet serene.

Characters & Entities

• Vāsava (Indra)
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Specific charities performed in sacred seasons are taught to reduce rebirth-related suffering and grant exalted heavenly attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse focuses on Cāturmāsya observance and dāna-phala, not on a named pilgrimage location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Give sesame during Cāturmāsya; give barley as a praised staple charity associated with attaining Indra’s realm.