Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्येऽर्चिता यैस्त्वं बिल्वपत्रैर्विशेषतः । तेषां वांछितसिद्ध्यर्थं जाता कामदुघा स्वयम्

Transliteration

cāturmāsye'rcitā yaistvaṃ bilvapatrairviśeṣataḥ | teṣāṃ vāṃchitasiddhyarthaṃ jātā kāmadughā svayam

Translation

ผู้ใดบูชาพระองค์ในกาลจาตุรมาสยะ โดยเฉพาะด้วยใบมะตูม (บิลวะ)—พระองค์เองทรงบังเกิดเป็นกามเธนุ โคผู้บันดาลปรารถนา เพื่อประทานผลสำเร็จตามที่เขาปรารถนา

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the four-month period (Cāturmāsya)
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; कालवाचकः; तत्पुरुषः (चतुर्णां मासानां समाहारः/अवधिः)

• अर्चिता: worshipped
• अर्चिता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्तः (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगे ‘पूजिता/अर्चिता’

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: Kartr-karana (Agent-instrument/कर्ता-करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• बिल्वपत्रैः: with bilva leaves
• बिल्वपत्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बिल्व-पत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः

• विशेषतः: especially
• विशेषतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेषतः (अव्यय)
• Form: रीत्यर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: especially/particularly)

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• वाञ्छितसिद्ध्यर्थम्: for the sake of desired accomplishment
• वाञ्छितसिद्ध्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वाञ्छित-सिद्धि-अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक; vāñchita + siddhi + artha)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनवाचकः; तत्पुरुषः (वाञ्छितायाः सिद्धेः अर्थम् = for desired success)

• जाता: has become/arisen
• जाता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (past participle, active sense), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कामदुघा: the wish-fulfilling cow (one who yields desires)
• कामदुघा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम-दुघ (प्रातिपदिक; kāma + dugh)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (कामान् दोग्धि/दुह्यति)

• स्वयम्: by herself
• स्वयम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: स्वतन्त्रताबोधक-अव्यय (indeclinable: oneself/by oneself)

Speaker

Devas

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in the rainy-season Cāturmāsya offers bilva leaves at a sanctum where Umā-Maheśvara are worshipped; the Devī’s grace is visualized as a luminous kāmadhenu emerging to grant boons.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Cāturmāsya
• Bilva
• Kāmadughā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right time (Cāturmāsya) joined with sincere offering (bilva-patra pūjā) makes divine grace especially accessible and fruitful.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the emphasis is on seasonal sacred observance within the māhātmya framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship Devī during Cāturmāsya, particularly offering bilva leaves, for the fulfillment of desired siddhis.