Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये तु यः स्नानं कुर्यात्सिद्धिमवाप्नुयात् । तथा निर्झरणे स्नाति तडागे कूपिकासु च

Transliteration

cāturmāsye tu yaḥ snānaṃ kuryātsiddhimavāpnuyāt | tathā nirjharaṇe snāti taḍāge kūpikāsu ca

Translation

چاتُرمَاسیہ میں جو اشنان کرے وہ سِدھی پاتا ہے۔ اسی طرح آبشار کی دھارا، تالاب یا کنویں میں نہانا بھی وہی پھل دیتا ہے۔

Word by Word

• चातुर्मास्ये: in Cāturmāsya
• चातुर्मास्ये: अधिकरण (Locative/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्मास्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: निपात (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/विशेषार्थक-निपात (contrast/emphasis particle)

• यः: who (he who)
• यः: कर्ता (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कुर्यात्: should do
• कुर्यात्: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• सिद्धिम्: success/attainment
• सिद्धिम्: कर्म (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अवाप्नुयात्: would obtain
• अवाप्नुयात्: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अव + आप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise/so
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (manner adverb)

• निर्झरणे: in a waterfall/spring
• निर्झरणे: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्झरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• स्नाति: bathes
• स्नाति: क्रिया (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्ना (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• तडागे: in a pond
• तडागे: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तडाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कूपिकासु: in wells
• कूपिकासु: अधिकरण (Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कूपिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced; Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration typically via Sūta to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A montage: devotees bathing in a hillside waterfall-stream (nirjhara), a village pond (taḍāga), and drawing water from a well (kūpa) for snāna; a subtle aura indicates siddhi gained through simple means.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cāturmāsya sanctifies even accessible forms of bathing; sincere practice leads to siddhi (spiritual attainment).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single named tīrtha; the verse broadens merit to various water sources (springs, ponds, wells).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna (ritual bathing) during Cāturmāsya, including in springs/waterfalls, ponds, and wells.