Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 97

Devanagari script

चतुरो वार्षिकान्मासान्यस्तं पूजयते विभुम् । व्रतस्थः स नरो याति यत्र देवः स संस्थितः

Transliteration

caturo vārṣikānmāsānyastaṃ pūjayate vibhum | vratasthaḥ sa naro yāti yatra devaḥ sa saṃsthitaḥ

Translation

ผู้ใดบูชาพระผู้เป็นใหญ่ตลอดสี่เดือนแห่งปี ด้วยความมั่นคงในพรต ผู้นั้นย่อมไปถึงแดนที่เทพองค์นั้นประทับอยู่

Word by Word

• चतुरः: four
• चतुरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मासान्)

• वार्षिकान्: annual / of the year
• वार्षिकान्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वार्षिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying मासान्)

• मासान्: months
• मासान्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; relative

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; demonstrative (refers to विभुम्)

• पूजयते: worships
• पूजयते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• विभुम्: the Lord
• विभुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• व्रतस्थः: observing a vow
• व्रतस्थः: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्रत (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः (व्रते स्थितः)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नरः: man
• नरः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• याति: goes
• याति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (relative adverb of place)

• देवः: the god (Lord)
• देवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संस्थितः: situated, established
• संस्थितः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘is situated’

Speaker

Sūta (continued phalaśruti narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Jalaśāyī/Śayana context)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis/assembly (implied by surrounding chapters)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-votary stands before a reclining Viṣṇu (Jalaśāyī), offering lamps and flowers through the monsoon months; the kṣetra’s sanctum glows while rain clouds gather outside.

Characters & Entities

• Vibhu (Lord)
• Vrata
• Deva

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sustained vow-based worship transforms destiny; devotion aligned with sacred time culminates in reaching the Lord’s abode.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promise of fruit is delivered within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya where the four-month worship is contextualized.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship the Lord continuously for the four months (Cāturmāsya) while maintaining a vrata; the stated fruit is reaching the deity’s realm.