Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये ये मनुजा नर्मदाऽमरकण्टके । तीर्थे स्नास्यंति नियतास्तेषां वासस्त्रिविष्टपे

Transliteration

cāturmāsye ye manujā narmadā'marakaṇṭake | tīrthe snāsyaṃti niyatāsteṣāṃ vāsastriviṣṭape

Translation

ผู้คนที่มีวินัยเคร่งครัด อาบน้ำ ณ ตีรถะอมรคันตกะแห่งแม่น้ำนรมทาในกาลจาตุรมาสยะ ที่พำนักของเขาย่อมอยู่ในตรีวิษฏปะ (สวรรค์)

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: during Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• ये: who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (relative pronoun; nominative plural)

• मनुजाः: people/men
• मनुजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• नर्मदा: Narmadā (river)
• नर्मदा: Adhikaraṇa (Location—name in apposition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर्मदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular); स्थान-निर्देशे नाम

• अमरकण्टके: at Amarakāṇṭaka
• अमरकण्टके: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरकण्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• तीर्थे: at the sacred ford
• तीर्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

• स्नास्यन्ति: will bathe
• स्नास्यन्ति: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• नियताः: disciplined/observant
• नियताः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; ‘मनुजाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• वासः: dwelling/abode
• वासः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (nominative singular)

• त्रिविष्टपे: in heaven (Triviṣṭapa)
• त्रिविष्टपे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिविष्टप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular)

Speaker

Narrative voice (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta-style narration within Nāgara Khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Amarakaṇṭaka (Narmadā-tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At dawn in monsoon season, disciplined pilgrims bathe at Amarakantaka; mist rises from the river; above, a subtle vision of Triviṣṭapa appears—celestial light and airy palaces—signifying the promised loka.

Characters & Entities

• Narmadā
• Amarakaṇṭaka
• Cāturmāsya
• Triviṣṭapa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage discipline (niyama) combined with tīrtha-snāna is celebrated as a powerful source of puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amarakaṇṭaka on the Narmadā—presented as a highly meritorious bathing tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observant bathing (snāna) at the tīrtha specifically during the Cāturmāsya period.