Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

अहिंसादिगुणानां च पालनं सततं तपः । चातुर्मास्ये त्यक्तवैरं महत्तप उदारधीः

Transliteration

ahiṃsādiguṇānāṃ ca pālanaṃ satataṃ tapaḥ | cāturmāsye tyaktavairaṃ mahattapa udāradhīḥ

Translation

അഹിംസ മുതലായ ഗുണങ്ങളെ നിരന്തരം പാലിക്കുന്നത് തപസ്സാണ്. ചാതുർമാസ്യത്തിൽ വൈരം ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നത് ഉദാരബുദ്ധികൾക്ക് മഹാതപസ്സാണ്.

Word by Word

• ahiṃsādiguṇānām: of virtues beginning with non-violence
• ahiṃsādiguṇānām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ahiṃsā + ādi + guṇa (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे षष्ठी बहुवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (अहिंसा-आदि-गुणाः) (genitive plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• pālanam: observance/keeping
• pālanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pālana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम् (nom/acc singular)

• satatam: constantly
• satatam: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: satata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचनम् (adverbial: ‘constantly’)

• tapaḥ: austerity
• tapaḥ: Pradhana-predicative (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tapas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (nominative singular)

• cāturmāsye: in Cāturmāsya
• cāturmāsye: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी एकवचनम् (locative singular)

• tyaktavairam: with enmity abandoned
• tyaktavairam: Pradhana-predicative (Qualifier/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tyakta (√tyaj धातु, क्त) + vaira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (त्यक्तं वैरं यस्य/त्यक्तवैरम्) (nom/acc singular; ‘having abandoned enmity’)

• mahattapaḥ: (is) great austerity
• mahattapaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahat + tapas (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (nominative singular)

• udāradhīḥ: O noble-minded one / the noble-minded (person)
• udāradhīḥ: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udāra + dhī (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम्; कर्मधारयः (उदारा धीः यस्य सः) (nominative singular; used as संबोधन/विशेषणार्थे)

Speaker

Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee mediating a dispute during monsoon months, offering peace, feeding animals, and worshipping Hari—symbolizing tyakta-vaira and ahiṃsā as tapas.

Characters & Entities

• Ahiṃsā
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Self-restraint and reconciliation are superior austerities; peace-making becomes a sacred vow in Cāturmāsya.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not name a specific tīrtha; it contributes to the Cāturmāsya teaching within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra narrative environment.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Practice ahiṃsā and related virtues, and explicitly renounce enmity during Cāturmāsya.