Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण हरौ स लयभाग्भवेत् । यथा सिद्धकरस्पर्शाल्लोहं भवति कांचनम्

Transliteration

cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa harau sa layabhāgbhavet | yathā siddhakarasparśāllohaṃ bhavati kāṃcanam

Translation

പ്രത്യേകിച്ച് ചാതുർമാസ്യത്തിൽ അവൻ ഹരിയിൽ ലയം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു; സിദ്ധഹസ്തസ്പർശംകൊണ്ട് ഇരുമ്പ് സ്വർണ്ണമാകുന്നതുപോലെ।

Word by Word

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

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Modifier (प्रकार)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘विशेषेण’ = विशेषतः (especially)

• हरौ: in/with Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• लयभाग्: attaining absorption (dissolution)
• लयभाग्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लय-भागिन् (प्रातिपदिक; लय + भागिन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘लयस्य भागी’ = लयप्राप्त (attaining dissolution/absorption)

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Connector (उपमा)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमानार्थक-अव्यय (as/just as)

• सिद्धकरस्पर्शात्: from the touch of an adept’s hand
• सिद्धकरस्पर्शात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध-कर-स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक; सिद्ध + कर + स्पर्श)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; ‘सिद्धस्य करस्य स्पर्शः’ = touch of an adept’s hand

• लोहम्: iron
• लोहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• काञ्चनम्: gold
• काञ्चनम्: Karma/Predicative (फल/परिणाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काञ्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Monsoon season: devotees under cloudy skies, lamps glowing; a yogin absorbed in Hari; beside him an alchemical metaphor—iron bar touched by a siddha’s hand turning golden—symbolizing inner transmutation.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Hari

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cāturmāsya intensifies spiritual transformation, enabling deep absorption in Hari comparable to alchemical transmutation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse glorifies a sacred season rather than a named location; it frames time itself as a powerful tīrtha-like opportunity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Heightened spiritual practice during Cāturmāsya aimed at laya (absorption) in Hari.