Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5

Devanagari script

पयसा वाथ दुग्धेन रविवारेऽनिशं यदि । चातुर्मास्येऽर्चितो यैस्तु ते यांति परमंपदम्

Transliteration

payasā vātha dugdhena ravivāre'niśaṃ yadi | cāturmāsye'rcito yaistu te yāṃti paramaṃpadam

Translation

หากในวันอาทิตย์บูชาอย่างต่อเนื่องด้วยน้ำหรือด้วยน้ำนม ในกาลจาตุรมาสยะ ผู้ที่สักการะเช่นนั้นย่อมไปถึงปรมบทอันสูงสุด

Word by Word

• पयसा: with water
• पयसा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• अथ: then/also
• अथ: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/समुच्चय-अव्यय (particle: then/also)

• दुग्धेन: with milk
• दुग्धेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd), एकवचन; करण

• रविवारे: on Sunday
• रविवारे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रविवार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण (time)

• अनिशम्: continuously
• अनिशम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनिश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverb)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Sambandha (Condition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्त-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरण

• अर्चितः: is worshipped
• अर्चितः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्च् (धातु) → अर्चित (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग

• यैः: by whom (by those who)
• यैः: Karana (Agent-in-passive/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd), बहुवचन; करण (agent in passive)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अवधारण-अव्यय (particle: but/indeed)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st), बहुवचन

• यान्ति: go/attain
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• परमम्: supreme
• परमम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• पदम्: state/abode
• पदम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म

Speaker

Vāṇī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim at a sacred spot performs steady worship during Cāturmāsya on a Sunday, offering water and milk to a revered sacred presence (liṅga/tree/altar implied by context), with monsoon clouds and lamps.

Characters & Entities

• Ravivāra (Sunday)
• Cāturmāsya
• Paramaṃ Padam

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional consistency—especially in sacred seasons—transforms simple offerings like water and milk into a direct cause of spiritual elevation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The text highlights the rite and its fruit within tīrtha-dharma; no single named location is specified in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (arcana) of the palāśa during Cāturmāsya, particularly on Sunday, offering water and/or milk.