Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

भार्यावियोगं नाप्नोति चातुर्मास्ये न संशयः । अलीकवादसंत्यागान्मोक्षद्वारमपावृतम्

Transliteration

bhāryāviyogaṃ nāpnoti cāturmāsye na saṃśayaḥ | alīkavādasaṃtyāgānmokṣadvāramapāvṛtam

Translation

ചാതുർമാസ്യത്തിൽ—സംശയമില്ല—ഭാര്യാവിയോഗം സംഭവിക്കില്ല. എന്നാൽ അസത്യവാക്ക് ഉപേക്ഷിക്കാതിരുന്നാൽ മോക്ഷദ്വാരം അടഞ്ഞുപോകും.

Word by Word

• भार्या-वियोगम्: separation from (one’s) wife
• भार्या-वियोगम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक) + वियोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (भार्यायाः वियोगः)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• आप्नोति: attains/undergoes
• आप्नोति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आप् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• चातुर्मास्ये: during Cāturmāsya (four-month vow/season)
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमीविभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालाधिकरण (time-locative)

• न: no/not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

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

• अलीक-वाद-सं-त्यागात्: from giving up false speech
• अलीक-वाद-सं-त्यागात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अलीक (प्रातिपदिक) + वाद (प्रातिपदिक) + संत्याग (प्रातिपदिक; सम्-त्यज्-धातुजन्य भावनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमीविभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (अलीकस्य वादः; तस्य संत्यागः)

• मोक्ष-द्वारम्: the gate to liberation
• मोक्ष-द्वारम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + द्वार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (1st/2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (मोक्षस्य द्वारम्)

• अपावृतम्: opened/uncovered
• अपावृतम्: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अप-आ-वृ (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त—क्त (Past Passive Participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘द्वारम्’ इति विशेषण

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic narration)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A couple observing Cāturmāsya together—simple living, shared worship—while a shadowy figure of ‘false speech’ is shown as a closed gate blocking a luminous path labeled mokṣa.

Characters & Entities

• Mokṣa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Truthfulness is essential: false speech obstructs liberation, while disciplined observance supports harmony in worldly life.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular pilgrimage site is named; the focus is ethical discipline within the sacred season.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintain satya (truthfulness) by abandoning false speech, especially in Cāturmāsya observance.