Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण सोऽश्वमेधफलं लभेत्

Transliteration

cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa so'śvamedhaphalaṃ labhet

Translation

โดยเฉพาะในกาลจาตุรมาสยะ เขาย่อมได้บุญผลเสมอด้วยอัศวเมธยัญ

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: in the Cāturmāsya period
• चातुर्मास्ये: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक) < चातुर् + मास (समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; ‘चातुर्मास्य’ इति चातुर्मासव्रत/कालवाचक-शब्दः

• विशेषेण: especially
• विशेषेण: करण (Instrumental/करण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषण-प्रयोगः (adverbial instrumental)

• सः: he
• सः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अश्वमेधफलम्: the fruit of the Aśvamedha (sacrifice)
• अश्वमेधफलम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अश्वमेध + फल (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अश्वमेधस्य फलम्)

• लभेत्: may obtain
• लभेत्: क्रिया (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Brahmā (in Brahma–Nārada dialogue context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (context of the kathā)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A monsoon-season temple scene: devotees seated under a mandapa listening to kathā; rain clouds outside; a symbolic horse-sacrifice icon (horse emblem) appears as a metaphor for the stated merit equivalence.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Aśvamedha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Time-sanctified observances like Cāturmāsya magnify spiritual merit, equating simple devotional acts with great Vedic sacrifices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching appears within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya framework of Nāgara Khaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance during Cāturmāsya is prescribed as especially meritorious (contextually tied to hearing/reciting the sacred account).