Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

मुनिरुवाच । चातुर्मास्यव्रतं कृत्वा निराहारो रघूत्तम । अद्य ते भवनं प्राप्य आहारार्थं बुभुक्षितः

Transliteration

muniruvāca | cāturmāsyavrataṃ kṛtvā nirāhāro raghūttama | adya te bhavanaṃ prāpya āhārārthaṃ bubhukṣitaḥ

Translation

ฤๅษีกล่าวว่า: “โอ้ผู้ประเสริฐแห่งวงศ์รฆุ ข้าพเจ้าได้ปฏิบัติพรตจาตุรมาสยะและอยู่โดยไม่รับอาหาร วันนี้มาถึงเรือนของท่าน—หิวโหย เพื่อแสวงหาอาหาร”

Word by Word

• मुनिः: the sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• चातुर्मास्यव्रतम्: the four-month vow
• चातुर्मास्यव्रतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘चातुर्मास्यं व्रतम्’ (four-month vow)

• कृत्वा: having performed
• कृत्वा: Kriya-viseshana (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive); ‘having performed’

• निराहारः: fasting; without food
• निराहारः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निराहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (without food/fasting)

• रघूत्तम: O best of the Raghus
• रघूत्तम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—‘रघोः उत्तमः’

• अद्य: today
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (today/now)

• ते: your
• ते: Shashthi-sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (your)

• भवनम्: house; dwelling
• भवनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• प्राप्य: having reached
• प्राप्य: Kriya-viseshana (Converb/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + आप् (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund); ‘having reached’

• आहारार्थम्: for food
• आहारार्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आहार (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; चतुर्थी-तत्पुरुषार्थे (purpose): ‘आहारस्य अर्थः’ = for the sake of food

• बुभुक्षितः: hungry
• बुभुक्षितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: तृच्/क्त-आधारित कृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; विशेषण (hungry)

Speaker

Muni (Durvāsā)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Raghūttama/Raghunandana (a Raghu-line ruler)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A composed sage speaks plainly to a king: he has completed Cāturmāsya austerities and is now hungry; the contrast between ascetic simplicity and royal abundance is emphasized.

Characters & Entities

• Durvāsā (implied)
• Rāma (Raghūttama)
• Cāturmāsya-vrata

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Vows and austerities culminate in humility; the ascetic still depends on righteous householders for sustenance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative context is a Rāma-mandira setting within the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, linking sacred place with dharmic conduct.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Cāturmāsya-vrata (the four-month vow) and the implied duty of feeding a fasting ascetic who arrives as a guest.