Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यथा च चतुरो मासान्पूजितस्तत्र संस्थितः । मुक्तिं ददाति पुंसां स तथा संकीर्तयाम्यहम्

Transliteration

yathā ca caturo māsānpūjitastatra saṃsthitaḥ | muktiṃ dadāti puṃsāṃ sa tathā saṃkīrtayāmyaham

Translation

Sebagaimana Tuhan itu, ketika bersemayam di sana dan dipuja selama empat bulan, menganugerahkan mokṣa kepada manusia; demikianlah aku kini mengisytiharkan kemuliaan-Nya.

Word by Word

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• चतुरः: four
• चतुरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषण (qualifying ‘मासान्’)

• मासान्: months
• मासान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

• पूजितः: worshipped
• पूजितः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूजित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण (of the Lord)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• संस्थितः: remaining, stationed
• संस्थितः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषण

• मुक्तिम्: liberation
• मुक्तिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• ददाति: gives
• ददाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार; प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• पुंसाम्: of men, for people
• पुंसाम्: Sampradana/Beneficiary (Recipient/सम्प्रदान-अर्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्/पुम्स् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति; बहुवचन

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

• तथा: thus, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Manner/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/तुल्यवाचक (thus, in the same way)

• संकीर्तयामि: I recount, I describe
• संकीर्तयामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + कीर्तय् (णिजन्त-धातु; √कीर्त्/कीर्)
• Form: लट्-लकार; उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator of the Tīrthamāhātmya (contextual Purāṇic narrator; often Sūta-like voice in māhātmya passages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: general audience within tīrtha-māhātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees worship the Jalaśāyī Lord through the rainy-season four months: lamps, flowers, tulasī, and offerings; the narrator proclaims that such worship grants liberation.

Characters & Entities

• Īśvara (implied Lord)
• Mukti (Liberation)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained worship over the sacred four-month period, done with steadiness in a holy context, is praised as a direct cause of liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse speaks in the idiom of Tīrthamāhātmya (“there/in that place”), but the specific tīrtha name is not stated within this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship and continued religious observance for four months (a Cāturmāsya-style discipline) is indicated.