Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

अधिमासप्रयुक्तेन ते स्युश्चांद्रेण निर्मिताः । नाक्षत्रेण तु मानेन सिध्यंते ग्रहचारिकाः

Transliteration

adhimāsaprayuktena te syuścāṃdreṇa nirmitāḥ | nākṣatreṇa tu mānena sidhyaṃte grahacārikāḥ

Translation

അധിമാസം പ്രയോഗിച്ച ചാന്ദ്രമാനത്തിലൂടെ ഇവ സ്ഥാപിതമാകുന്നു; എന്നാൽ നക്ഷത്രമാനത്തിലൂടെ ഗ്രഹങ്ങളുടെ ഗതികൾ ശരിയായി നിർണ്ണയിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• अधिमासप्रयुक्तेन: by/with what is applied in the intercalary month
• अधिमासप्रयुक्तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिमास-प्रयुक्त (प्रातिपदिक; अधिमास + प्रयुक्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• स्युः: would be / should be
• स्युः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

• आन्द्रेण: by the lunar (measure/system)
• आन्द्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• निर्मिताः: made/constructed
• निर्मिताः: Kriya (Result-state/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√मा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• आक्षत्रेण: by the nakṣatra-based (measure)
• आक्षत्रेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आक्षत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; विशेषणम्

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (adversative/emphatic particle)

• मानेन: by a measure/standard
• मानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• सिध्यन्ते: are accomplished/are established
• सिध्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √सिध् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• ग्रहचारिकाः: planetary motions/orbits
• ग्रहचारिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह-चारिका (प्रातिपदिक; ग्रह + चारिका)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

Speaker

Narrative voice (Purāṇic exposition; speaker not explicit in this verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic classroom: a lunar calendar wheel with an inserted adhimāsa segment; beside it, a nakṣatra ring and moving grahas traced along arcs, showing why each measure is used.

Characters & Entities

• Adhimāsa
• Cāndra-māna
• Nakṣatra
• Graha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time is carefully harmonized: lunar months may be corrected by adhimāsa, while stellar measures support accurate astronomical calculation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The setting remains Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya, though the verse itself focuses on calendrical science rather than site-praise.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies correct calendrical alignment (including adhimāsa) for observances, and notes nakṣatra-measure for planetary computations.