Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6

Devanagari script

वैकुण्ठपदवाञ्छा चेद्विष्णुना सह संगमे । सर्वपापक्षयार्थाय चातुर्मास्येऽन्नदो भवेत्

Transliteration

vaikuṇṭhapadavāñchā cedviṣṇunā saha saṃgame | sarvapāpakṣayārthāya cāturmāsye'nnado bhavet

Translation

Jika seseorang merindui kedudukan Vaikuṇṭha dan persekutuan bersama Dewa Viṣṇu, maka demi lenyapnya segala dosa, hendaklah ia menjadi pemberi sedekah makanan pada musim Cāturmāsya.

Word by Word

• वैकुण्ठपदवाञ्छा: desire for the Vaikuṇṭha state
• वैकुण्ठपदवाञ्छा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वैकुण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक) + पद (प्रातिपदिक) + वाञ्छा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (vaikuṇṭhasya padasya vāñchā)

• चेत्: if
• चेत्: Sambandha (Condition marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चेत् (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (conditional particle)

• विष्णुना: with Viṣṇu
• विष्णुना: Sahakari (Instrument/सहकारी; with)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sambandha (Association marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृश-अव्यय (prepositional indeclinable) ‘with’

• संगमे: in union/meeting
• संगमे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• सर्वपापक्षयार्थाय: for the purpose of destruction of all sins
• सर्वपापक्षयार्थाय: Sampradana (Purpose/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-परम्परा (sarvapāpānāṃ kṣayasya arthāya)

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

• अन्नदः: a giver of food
• अन्नदः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्न (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक; from √दा ‘to give’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (annam dadāti iti)

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

Speaker

A Purāṇic narrator addressing Devarṣi Nārada (deduced)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee distributes food during monsoon months; above, Viṣṇu in Vaikuṇṭha extends blessing, while a dark clouded sky signals Cāturmāsya; a stream of light symbolizes pāpa-kṣaya and ascent.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Vaikuṇṭha
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotion to Viṣṇu is expressed through compassionate giving; feeding others in Cāturmāsya is said to burn sins and lead toward Vaikuṇṭha.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The focus is not a geographic tīrtha but a sacred time (Cāturmāsya) and the goal of Vaikuṇṭha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform annadāna during Cāturmāsya for sarva-pāpa-kṣaya and Viṣṇu-prāpti.