Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्येऽथ संप्राप्ते विमले हरिवासरे । जजाप परमं मंत्रं यथादिष्टं पिनाकिना

Transliteration

cāturmāsye'tha saṃprāpte vimale harivāsare | jajāpa paramaṃ maṃtraṃ yathādiṣṭaṃ pinākinā

Translation

അനന്തരം ചാതുര്മാസ്യം എത്തിയപ്പോൾ, നിർമലവും ശുഭവുമായ ഹരിവാസരത്തിൽ, പിനാകധാരി (ശിവൻ) നിർദേശിച്ചതുപോലെ അവൾ പരമമന്ത്രം ജപിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Particle/connector)

• संप्राप्ते: when it had arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); चातुर्मास्ये इति विशेषण (सति-सप्तमी)

• विमले: pure/auspicious
• विमले: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular); हरिवासरे इति विशेषण

• हरिवासरे: on Hari’s day (Sunday)
• हरिवासरे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + वासर (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन (Singular)

• जजाप: recited (japa)
• जजाप: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); मन्त्रं इति विशेषण

• मन्त्रम्: mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• यथा: as
• यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (Adverb)

• आदिष्टम्: instructed/prescribed
• आदिष्टम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आ + दिश् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन (Singular); मन्त्रं इति विशेषण

• पिनाकिना: by Pinākin (Śiva)
• पिनाकिना: Karana/Hetu (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिनाकिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devout goddess-figure (implied Pārvatī in the surrounding verses) begins intense mantra-japa during Cāturmāsya on an auspicious Hari-day, with Śiva (Pinākin) as the instructing presence; atmosphere of monsoon sanctity and vow.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Pārvatī
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Pinākin (Śiva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right timing, purity, and obedience to authentic instruction make mantra-practice spiritually potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage remains within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya frame; this verse emphasizes sacred time (Cāturmāsya, Hari-vāsara) over a named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform mantra-japa during Cāturmāsya on an auspicious Hari-vāsara, following the guru/deity’s instruction.