Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 1

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मोवाच । इष्टवस्तुप्रदो विष्णुर्लोकश्चेष्टरुचिः सदा । तस्मात्सर्वप्रयत्नेन चातुमास्ये त्यजेच्च तत्

Transliteration

brahmovāca | iṣṭavastuprado viṣṇurlokaśceṣṭaruciḥ sadā | tasmātsarvaprayatnena cātumāsye tyajecca tat

Translation

ബ്രഹ്മാവ് പറഞ്ഞു—വിഷ്ണു ഇഷ്ടവസ്തുക്കൾ നൽകുന്നവൻ; ലോകം എന്നും തനിക്കിഷ്ടമായ രുചിയിലേക്കാണ് ചായുന്നത്. അതിനാൽ ചാതുർമാസ്യത്തിൽ സർവ്വശ്രമത്തോടെ ആ പ്രിയഭോഗം ഉപേക്ഷിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• brahmā: Brahmā
• brahmā: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: brahman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन

• iṣṭavastupradaḥ: giver of desired things
• iṣṭavastupradaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: iṣṭa-vastu-prada (प्रातिपदिक; इष्ट + वस्तु + प्रद)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• viṣṇuḥ: Viṣṇu
• viṣṇuḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• lokaḥ: the world
• lokaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• iṣṭaruciḥ: having liking for what is desired
• iṣṭaruciḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: iṣṭa-ruci (प्रातिपदिक; इष्ट + रुचि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तस्मात्-शब्दः (ablatival adverb: 'therefore/from that')

• sarvaprayatnena: with every effort
• sarvaprayatnena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva-prayatna (प्रातिपदिक; सर्व + प्रयत्न)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; साधन (means)

• cātumāsye: in the Cāturmāsya period
• cātumāsye: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन

• tyajet: should abandon
• tyajet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: tyaj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• tat: that (practice/thing)
• tat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

Speaker

Brahmā

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā instructs Nārada on Cāturmāsya: a devotee sets aside a beloved food/pleasure, making a vow before Viṣṇu; the world’s pull is shown as tempting objects fading behind the vow-taker.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viṣṇu
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual progress in Cāturmāsya is strengthened by voluntarily giving up one’s favorite comforts as an offering of self-control.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate focus is the Cāturmāsya vow; the broader frame remains Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya in Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Tyāga-niyama: renounce a personally cherished indulgence specifically during the Cāturmāsya period.