Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्येऽथ संपूर्णे देवो हरिहरात्मकः । प्रसन्नस्तानुवाचाथ भक्त्या प्रत्यक्षरूपधृक्

Transliteration

cāturmāsye'tha saṃpūrṇe devo hariharātmakaḥ | prasannastānuvācātha bhaktyā pratyakṣarūpadhṛk

Translation

ചാതുര്മാസ്യം പൂർത്തിയായപ്പോൾ ഹരി-ഹരാത്മകനായ ദേവൻ പ്രസന്നനായി; ഭക്തിയാൽ പ്രത്യക്ഷരൂപം ധരിച്ചു അവരോടു അരുളിച്ചെയ്തു.

Word by Word

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

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then/now)

• संपूर्णे: when (it was) completed
• संपूर्णे: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-पूर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; 'when complete' (locative absolute with चातुर्मास्ये)

• देवः: the god
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• हरिहरात्मकः: of the nature of Hari and Hara
• हरिहरात्मकः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हरि-हरि-आत्मक (प्रातिपदिक; components: हरि + हरि + आत्मक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् देवस्य; 'having the nature of Hari and Hara'

• प्रसन्नः: pleased
• प्रसन्नः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रसन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् देवस्य

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (accusative plural pronoun)

• उवाच: said; spoke
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (then)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/Means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• प्रत्यक्षरूपधृक्: bearing a manifest form
• प्रत्यक्षरूपधृक्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृ-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रत्यक्ष-रूप-धृक् (प्रातिपदिक; components: प्रत्यक्ष + रूप + धृक्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् देवस्य; 'bearing a visible form'

Speaker

Gālava (reporting the event)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śūdra-putra addressee

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At the end of Cāturmāsya, the Lord appears in visible form as Harihara—half bearing Vaiṣṇava emblems, half Śaiva—addressing the devoted worshippers; the four sacred trees stand as witnesses, lamps still glowing.

Characters & Entities

• Harihara (Hari-Hara)
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady vrata and bhakti culminate in divine grace—often described as direct, visible assurance from the Lord.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The episode belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya stream within Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Completion of the Cāturmāsya observance is highlighted as the condition for the ensuing divine response.