Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

इदं हि पंचायतनं सेव्यते गृहमेधिभिः । चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण सेवितं चिंतितप्रदम्

Transliteration

idaṃ hi paṃcāyatanaṃ sevyate gṛhamedhibhiḥ | cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa sevitaṃ ciṃtitapradam

Translation

Sesungguhnya pemujaan Pañcāyatana ini diamalkan oleh para penghuni rumah tangga. Apabila dilakukan khususnya pada masa Cāturmāsya, ia menganugerahkan apa yang dihajatkan dan diidamkan dalam hati.

Word by Word

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; सर्वनाम (here: nominative subject “this”)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चय/हेतु (particle)

• पंचायतनम्: the pañcāyatana (fivefold shrine/worship)
• पंचायतनम्: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + āyatana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन. समासः—द्विगु (पञ्चानाम् आयतनम्; “group of five shrines/deities”)

• सेव्यते: is worshipped
• सेव्यते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sev (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: “is served/worshipped”)

• गृहमेधिभिः: by householders
• गृहमेधिभिः: Karana (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gṛha (प्रातिपदिक) + medhin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; बहुवचन. समासः—तत्पुरुषः (गृहमेधी = गृहस्थः; “householders”)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Karana (Manner/means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणार्थे (instrumental used adverbially: “especially”)

• सेवितम्: having been worshipped
• सेवितम्: Karta (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sev (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies ‘पंचायतनम्’)

• चिंतितप्रदम्: granting what is desired/thought of
• चिंतितप्रदम्: Karta (Predicate qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cintita (कृदन्त; √cint) + prada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति; एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifies ‘पंचायतनम्’). समासः—तत्पुरुषः (चिन्तितं प्रददाति)

Speaker

Unknown (Nāgarakhaṇḍa narrative voice; likely a Purāṇic teacher)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pañcāyatana altar: five small icons arranged with a central deity, lamps and offerings, a householder couple performing daily worship during the monsoon Cāturmāsya.

Characters & Entities

• Pañcāyatana
• Cāturmāsya
• Gṛhamedhin (householder)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Householder life is sanctified through structured worship; performed in Cāturmāsya it becomes especially efficacious.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single tīrtha is named in this line; the emphasis is on a dharmic worship system (Pañcāyatana) within the broader Tīrthamāhātmya context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Practice Pañcāyatana worship, with special observance during Cāturmāsya.