Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

मात्सर्यं निर्जयेत्प्राज्ञो महापातककारणम् । चातुर्मास्ये जितं तेन त्रैलोक्यममरैः सह

Transliteration

mātsaryaṃ nirjayetprājño mahāpātakakāraṇam | cāturmāsye jitaṃ tena trailokyamamaraiḥ saha

Translation

ప్రాజ్ఞుడు మాత్సర్యం (ఈర్ష్య)ను జయించాలి; అది మహాపాతకాల కారణం. చాతుర్మాస్యంలో దానిని జయిస్తే, అమరులతో కూడిన త్రిలోకమంతా జయించినట్లే.

Word by Word

• मात्सर्यम्: envy, jealousy
• मात्सर्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्सर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• निर्जयेत्: should conquer
• निर्जयेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√जि (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• प्राज्ञः: a wise person
• प्राज्ञः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• महापातककारणम्: cause of great sin
• महापातककारणम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा + पातक + कारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); कर्म-विशेषण (object-qualifier)

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

• जितम्: conquered
• जितम्: Karma-bhava (Result state/कर्मभाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जि (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (Past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन; ‘conquered’

• तेन: by him, by that (person)
• तेन: Kartr-karana (Agent/instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular)

• त्रैलोक्यम्: the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रि + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• अमरैः: with the immortals (gods)
• अमरैः: Sahakari (Accompaniment/सहकारी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Association/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: सह-अव्यय (preposition/particle meaning ‘together with’)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya didactic context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sage breaks a serpent of envy coiled around his heart; above, devas witness and shower flowers, while a symbolic map of three worlds appears as subdued banners—signifying tri-loka-vijaya through inner conquest.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Envy leads to grave sin; conquering it—especially in Cāturmāsya—is praised as a victory of immense spiritual scope.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is named; the verse praises the sacred season (Cāturmāsya) and its amplified spiritual results.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is deliberate conquest of mātsarya as part of Cāturmāsya discipline—an ethical-vrata emphasis rather than a named rite.