Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

मम तीर्थावसिक्तस्य मासा बहुतरा गताः । इदानीमाश्रमं यास्ये चातुर्मास्ये समागते

Transliteration

mama tīrthāvasiktasya māsā bahutarā gatāḥ | idānīmāśramaṃ yāsye cāturmāsye samāgate

Translation

తీర్థాలలో స్నానం చేస్తూ నాకు అనేక నెలలు గడిచిపోయాయి. ఇప్పుడు చాతుర్మాస్యం వచ్చెను; కనుక నేను నా ఆశ్రమానికి వెళ్తాను.

Word by Word

• mama: my
• mama: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• tīrtha-avasiktasya: of me who has been bathed/anointed at the tīrtha
• tīrtha-avasiktasya: Sambandha (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tīrtha (प्रातिपदिक) + avasikta (प्रातिपदिक; √sic + ava, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तीर्थे अवसिक्तः) + क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण (mama इति)

• māsāḥ: months
• māsāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• bahutarāḥ: many/more numerous
• bahutarāḥ: Karta (Subject-qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bahutara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (māsāḥ इति)

• gatāḥ: have passed
• gatāḥ: Kriya (State/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gata (प्रातिपदिक; √gam, क्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; (लुप्त-भू-क्रिया) ‘गताः (सन्ति)’

• idānīm: now
• idānīm: Kala (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: idānīm (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• āśramam: to the hermitage
• āśramam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āśrama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• yāsye: I shall go
• yāsye: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• cāturmāsye: in the Cāturmāsya season
• cāturmāsye: Adhikarana (Time-location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• samāgate: when it has arrived
• samāgate: Adhikarana (Qualifier/अधिकरण-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samāgata (प्रातिपदिक; √gam + sam-ā, क्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण (cāturmāsye इति)

Speaker

Gālava (continuing the exchange)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A travel-worn ascetic or pilgrim, wet from repeated sacred baths, pauses at the threshold of monsoon season and turns toward a forest hermitage; clouds gather, rivers swell, and the mood becomes inward and contemplative.

Characters & Entities

• Tīrtha
• Cāturmāsya
• Āśrama
• Gālava

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage and bathing in tīrthas are to be balanced with seasonal discipline; Cāturmāsya calls for settled practice in the āśrama.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks of tīrthas in general (pilgrimage bathing) rather than naming a single location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It implies tīrtha-snāna over an extended period and the Cāturmāsya practice of residing in/returning to the hermitage for observance.