Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये तु यः स्नानं कुर्यात्सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात् । तथा निर्झरणे स्नाति तडागे कूपिकासु च

Transliteration

cāturmāsye tu yaḥ snānaṃ kuryātsiddhimavāpnuyāt | tathā nirjharaṇe snāti taḍāge kūpikāsu ca

Translation

ଚାତୁର୍ମାସ୍ୟରେ ଯେ ସ୍ନାନ କରେ ସେ ସିଦ୍ଧି ପାଏ; ଝରଣାଧାରାରେ, ପୋଖରୀରେ କିମ୍ବା କୂପରେ ସ୍ନାନ କଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେଇ ଫଳ ମିଳେ।

Word by Word

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

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सिद्धिम्: success/attainment
• सिद्धिम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: would obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/so
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• निर्झरणे: in a waterfall/spring
• निर्झरणे: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्झरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्नाति: bathes
• स्नाति: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तडागे: in a pond
• तडागे: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तडाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कूपिकासु: in wells
• कूपिकासु: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूपिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration typically via Sūta to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage: devotees bathing in a hillside waterfall-stream (nirjhara), a village pond (taḍāga), and drawing water from a well (kūpa) for snāna; a subtle aura indicates siddhi gained through simple means.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cāturmāsya sanctifies even accessible forms of bathing; sincere practice leads to siddhi (spiritual attainment).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single named tīrtha; the verse broadens merit to various water sources (springs, ponds, wells).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) during Cāturmāsya, including in springs/waterfalls, ponds, and wells.