Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अस्य यात्रां करिष्यामः कार्तिके मासि सर्वदा । बलिपूजोपहारांश्च गीतवाद्यानि शक्तितः

Transliteration

asya yātrāṃ kariṣyāmaḥ kārtike māsi sarvadā | balipūjopahārāṃśca gītavādyāni śaktitaḥ

Translation

Мы всегда будем совершать шествие (ятру) этого божества в месяц Картика, принося бали, поклонение и дары, а также песни и музыкальные инструменты — по мере сил.

Word by Word

• अस्य: of this (one/thing)
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• यात्राम्: pilgrimage, journey (rite)
• यात्राम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yātrā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• करिष्यामः: we shall do/perform
• करिष्यामः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (1st person), बहुवचन (Plural), परस्मैपद

• कार्तिके: in (the month of) Kārtika
• कार्तिके: Adhikarana (Location/Time locus अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kārtika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• मासि: in the month
• मासि: Adhikarana (Time locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sarvadā (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• बलि-पूजा-उपहारान्: offerings: bali, worship, and gifts
• बलि-पूजा-उपहारान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bali + pūjā + upahāra (प्रातिपदिकानि)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (enumerative copulative)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• गीत-वाद्यानि: songs and musical instruments
• गीत-वाद्यानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gīta + vādya (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• शक्तितः: according to (our) capacity
• शक्तितः: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: śakti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), ‘शक्त्या’ इत्यर्थे (according to ability)

Speaker

Brāhmaṇas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A village/temple procession in Kārtika: devotees carrying lamps and offerings, priests preparing bali and pūjā trays, singers and drummers accompanying the deity’s palanquin; atmosphere of autumnal clarity and sacred festivity.

Characters & Entities

• Kārtika (month)
• Śiva (liṅga)
• Yātrā/Ritual procession

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kārtika is upheld as a prime time for public devotion—procession, worship, and offerings—done sincerely within one’s means.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The local liṅga’s Kārtika-yātrā is glorified; the excerpt does not specify the tīrtha name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Annual/regular Kārtika yātrā with bali, pūjā, offerings (upahāra), and devotional music (gīta-vādya).