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Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

चातुर्मास्ये नरो नित्यं चांद्राय णव्रतं चरेत् । एकैकमासे तत्पुण्यं वर्णितुं नैव शक्यते

cāturmāsye naro nityaṃ cāṃdrāya ṇavrataṃ caret | ekaikamāse tatpuṇyaṃ varṇituṃ naiva śakyate

ในช่วงจาตุรมาสยะ บุคคลพึงปฏิบัติพรตจันทรายณะเป็นนิตย์ บุญที่ได้ในแต่ละเดือนนั้น แท้จริงยากจะพรรณนาให้หมดสิ้น

चातुर्मास्येin the Cāturmāsya period
चातुर्मास्ये:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootचातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण
नरःa man/person
नरः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृपद
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्यय (adverbial accusative)
चान्द्रायणव्रतम्the Cāndrāyaṇa vow
चान्द्रायणव्रतम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootचान्द्रायण + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; कर्म (object)
चरेत्should practice/perform
चरेत्:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootचर् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
एकैकमासेin each month
एकैकमासे:
Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootएकैक + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण
तत्that
तत्:
Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (correlative)
पुण्यम्merit
पुण्यम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृपद
वर्णितुम्to describe
वर्णितुम्:
Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
TypeVerb
Rootवर्ण् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
Formतुमुनन्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थ (purpose)
not
:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध (negation particle)
एवindeed/at all
एव:
Emphasis (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण (emphatic particle)
शक्यतेis possible
शक्यते:
Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootशक् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (passive), आत्मनेपद

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)

Type: kshetra

Scene: A devotee marks lunar phases on a palm-leaf calendar, offering arghya at moonrise; the moon above mirrors the measured intake, while Viṣṇu’s presence sanctifies the vow.

C
Cāturmāsya
C
Cāndrāyaṇa

FAQs

Sincere, sustained vows aligned with sacred time generate vast, even indescribable, spiritual merit.

This verse is about a vrata (Cāndrāyaṇa) within Cāturmāsya, not a named tirtha in the excerpt.

Observe the Cāndrāyaṇa vow throughout Cāturmāsya.