Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19

Devanagari script

कार्यादीनां च सर्वेषां संगमस्तत्र नित्यदा । चातुर्मास्ये समायाते विष्णुभक्त्या तयोः शिवम्

Transliteration

kāryādīnāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ saṃgamastatra nityadā | cāturmāsye samāyāte viṣṇubhaktyā tayoḥ śivam

Translation

అక్కడ నిత్యము సమస్త కర్తవ్యములకును అనుబంధ కర్మలకును శుభసంగమము కలుగును. చాతుర్మాస్యము వచ్చినప్పుడు విష్ణుభక్తిచేత దంపతులకు శివం—మంగళకల్యాణము—లభించును.

Word by Word

• कार्यादीनाम्: of duties and the rest
• कार्यादीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य-आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन — ‘of duties etc.’; समासः कार्य+आदि (तत्पुरुष)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/षष्ठी-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसक/पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन — ‘of all’ (qualifying कार्यादीनाम्)

• संगमः: a confluence/meeting
• संगमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); एकवचन — ‘confluence/meeting’

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Spatial/देशाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (adverb of place)

• नित्यदा: always
• नित्यदा: Adhikarana (Temporal/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: ‘always/at all times’)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन — ‘in the Cāturmāsya (four-month period/rite)’; समासः चातुर्(=चतुर्)+मास्य (तत्पुरुष)

• समायाते: when it has come/arrived
• समायाते: Adhikarana (Locative qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+आ+या (धातु) → समायात (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/Locative); एकवचन — क्त-प्रत्ययान्त: ‘when it has arrived’ (agreeing with चातुर्मास्ये)

• विष्णुभक्त्या: by devotion to Viṣṇu
• विष्णुभक्त्या: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु-भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन — ‘by devotion to Viṣṇu’; समासः विष्णु+भक्ति (तत्पुरुष)

• तयोः: of the two
• तयोः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री/नपुंसक; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); द्विवचन — ‘of the two’

• शिवम्: Śiva
• शिवम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन — ‘Śiva’ (object)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced for Nāgarakhaṇḍa māhātmya-style narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted couple at a tīrtha during the monsoon months, offering tulasī and lamps to Viṣṇu; the atmosphere suggests ‘all duties converging’—dāna, japa, snāna, and pūjā performed together, culminating in an aura of śivam (auspiciousness).

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When household duties are integrated with seasonal vows and Viṣṇu-bhakti, enduring auspicious welfare arises.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is explicitly mentioned in this verse; it aligns Cāturmāsya devotion with the broader tīrtha-māhātmya ethos.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cāturmāsya observance coupled with devotion to Viṣṇu as a means to auspicious benefit.