Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण जन्मकष्टादिनाशनम् । हरिरेव व्रताद्ग्राह्यो व्रतं देहेन कारयेत् । देहोऽयं तपसा शोध्यः सुप्ते देवे तपोनिधौ

Transliteration

cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa janmakaṣṭādināśanam | harireva vratādgrāhyo vrataṃ dehena kārayet | deho'yaṃ tapasā śodhyaḥ supte deve taponidhau

Translation

ချာတုർമాసျာကာလတွင် အထူးသဖြင့် ဤအကျင့်သည် မွေးဖွားခြင်း၏ ဒုက္ခစသည့် အခက်အခဲများကို ဖျက်ဆီးသည်။ ဝရတ၏ ရည်မှန်းချက်အဖြစ် ဟရီ (ဗိဿနု) တစ်ပါးတည်းကိုသာ ယူရမည်; ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာဖြင့် ဝရတကို ဆောင်ရွက်ရမည်။ ဤကိုယ်ခန္ဓာကို တပဿ (တပ) ဖြင့် သန့်စင်ရမည်၊ အရှင်—တပဿ၏ خزန်—သည် ယောဂနိဒ္ရာ၌ အိပ်စက်နေစဉ်။

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: in Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया-एकवचनरूपेण क्रियाविशेषणवत् (instrumental used adverbially)

• जन्मकष्टादिनाशनम्: (it is) the destroyer of birth-sufferings etc.
• जन्मकष्टादिनाशनम्: Karta (Predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्म + कष्ट + आदि + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विधेय (predicate nominative); समासः: जन्म-कष्ट-आदि-नाशन = ‘destruction of birth, suffering, etc.’

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता/विधेय-प्रधान

• एव: alone; indeed
• एव: Sambandha/Emphasis (Avadharana/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• व्रतात्: from the vow (as the means)
• व्रतात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी, एकवचन; अपादान (source/standard of selection)

• ग्राह्यः: to be accepted/embraced
• ग्राह्यः: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु) → ग्राह्य (कृदन्त, यत्)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; हरिः इति विशेषण; ‘to be accepted’

• व्रतम्: the vow
• व्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म

• देहेन: with the body
• देहेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrument)

• कारयेत्: should cause to be done; should perform
• कारयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) (णिच् causative: कारय)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

• देहः: the body
• देहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्ता

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; देहः इति विशेषण (demonstrative)

• तपसा: by austerity
• तपसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; करण

• शोध्यः: to be purified
• शोध्यः: Karta (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुध्/शुध् (धातु) → शोध्य (कृदन्त, यत्)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; देहः इति विधेय-विशेषण

• सुप्ते: when (he) is asleep
• सुप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वप् (धातु) → सुप्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; देवे इति विशेषण

• देवे: in/when the Lord
• देवे: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; अधिकरण

• तपोनिधौ: (who is) a storehouse of austerity
• तपोनिधौ: Adhikarana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + निधि (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; देवे इति समानाधिकरण-विशेषण; समासः: तपो-निधि = ‘treasury of austerity’

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not stated in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee undertakes Cāturmāsya disciplines—simple attire, controlled senses—before a reclining Viṣṇu on Śeṣa in a temple setting; monsoon clouds and lamps suggest the season of the Lord’s yogic sleep.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Hari
• yoga-nidrā (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cāturmāsya is a powerful spiritual window: dedicate the vow to Hari, purify the body through tapas, and thereby cut down the pains bound up with repeated birth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse focuses on the season and its discipline rather than naming a particular tīrtha, though it appears within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform Cāturmāsya-vrata with embodied austerity (tapas), explicitly dedicating the observance to Hari as its intended fruit and focus.