Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18

Devanagari script

चन्दनागुरुधूपं च चातुर्मास्ये प्रयच्छति । पुत्रपौत्रसमायुक्तो विष्णुरूपी भवेन्नरः

Transliteration

candanāgurudhūpaṃ ca cāturmāsye prayacchati | putrapautrasamāyukto viṣṇurūpī bhavennaraḥ

Translation

चातुर्मास्ये चन्दनागुरुधूपादीनि प्रयच्छति यः। स पुत्रपौत्रसमायुक्तो विष्णुरूपतामवाप्नुयात्॥

Word by Word

• चन्दनागुरुधूपम्: sandalwood, aguru, and incense
• चन्दनागुरुधूपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्दन (प्रातिपदिक) + अगुरु (प्रातिपदिक) + धूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (candanam + aguru + dhūpa) समाहारार्थे एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• चातुर्मास्ये: in Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचक-सप्तमी

• प्रयच्छति: gives, offers
• प्रयच्छति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; धातु: दा, रूपम्: प्रयच्छति (यच्छ-आदेश)

• पुत्रपौत्रसमायुक्तः: endowed with sons and grandsons
• पुत्रपौत्रसमायुक्तः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + पौत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + सम् (उपसर्ग) + युज् (धातु) → युक्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (युक्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समाहार-द्वन्द्व (पुत्र+पौत्र) पूर्वपद + उपपद-तत्पुरुष (समायुक्त)

• विष्णुरूपी: Viṣṇu-formed, like Viṣṇu
• विष्णुरूपी: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक) + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (having the form of Viṣṇu)

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

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Temple worship in monsoon months: priest grinding sandal, smoke of incense curling, devotees presenting aguru and dhūpa; a subtle aura around the donor symbolizing Viṣṇu-like tejas.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Fragrant devotional gifts offered in sacred time lead to both worldly flourishing (family continuity) and divine grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is not site-specific; it supports the chapter’s broader tīrtha ethos by prescribing meritorious offerings.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

During Cāturmāsya, donate sandalwood, aguru, and incense as devotional gifts.