Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

वह्नयश्च तथा विप्रास्तर्पिताः कार्यसाधकाः । चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण तेषां पूजा महाफला

Transliteration

vahnayaśca tathā viprāstarpitāḥ kāryasādhakāḥ | cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa teṣāṃ pūjā mahāphalā

Translation

പവിത്ര അഗ്നികളും ബ്രാഹ്മണരും വിധിപൂർവ്വം തൃപ്തരാകുമ്പോൾ കാര്യസിദ്ധി നൽകുന്നു. പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ചാതുർമാസ്യത്തിൽ അവരുടെ പൂജ മഹാഫലപ്രദമാണ്.

Word by Word

• वह्नयः: fires
• वह्नयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• तथा: also; likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Discourse connective)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकारार्थक

• विप्राः: brahmins
• विप्राः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• तर्पिताः: satisfied; propitiated
• तर्पिताः: Visheshana (Adjectival to 'विप्राः')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृप् (धातु) + त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; 'तर्पित' = satisfied/propitiated

• कार्यसाधकाः: accomplishers of the intended rite/task
• कार्यसाधकाः: Visheshana (Adjectival to 'विप्राः')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कार्य-साधक (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—कार्यं साधयन्ति इति (उपपद-तत्पुरुष/कर्म-तत्पुरुष)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; चातुर्मास्य-व्रत/काल

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Sambandha (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषणवत् (instrumental used adverbially): 'especially'

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक; सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/सर्वलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• पूजा: worship
• पूजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• महाफला: highly fruitful
• महाफला: Visheshana (Predicate adjective to 'पूजा')
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा-फल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—महत् फलम् यस्याः सा (कर्मधारय: 'great-fruited')

Speaker

Unspecified (ritual-dharma instruction within Tīrthamāhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A small yajña-śālā near a tīrtha: sacred fire blazing, offerings being made; a line of brāhmaṇas seated for bhojana and tarpaṇa; the sky shows monsoon clouds indicating Cāturmāsya; the patron offers dakṣiṇā with reverence.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is strengthened by honoring agni and brāhmaṇas; such reverence makes spiritual and worldly aims succeed.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not specify a named tīrtha; it gives a general rule applicable within tīrtha observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Propitiate/satisfy sacred fires and brāhmaṇas, and perform their pūjā—especially during Cāturmāsya—for great merit.