Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

वर्षाकाले च संप्राप्ते भक्तियोगे जनार्दने । महेश्वरेऽथ दुर्गायां न भूयः स्तनपो भवेत्

Transliteration

varṣākāle ca saṃprāpte bhaktiyoge janārdane | maheśvare'tha durgāyāṃ na bhūyaḥ stanapo bhavet

Translation

جب برسات کا موسم آ پہنچے، اگر کوئی جناردن کی طرف بھکتی یوگ میں قائم رہے، اور اسی طرح مہیشور اور درگا کی طرف بھی، تو وہ پھر دودھ پینے والا (یعنی دوبارہ جنم لینے والا) نہیں بنتا۔

Word by Word

• वर्षाकाले: in the rainy season
• वर्षाकाले: Adhikarana (Location/Time)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative); एकवचन. समासः—तत्पुरुषः (वर्षायाः कालः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• संप्राप्ते: when (it) has arrived
• संप्राप्ते: Adhikarana (Locative absolute)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-√prāp (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle); सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन; पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (locative absolute sense: “when (it) has arrived”)

• भक्तियोगे: in devotion-yoga
• भक्तियोगे: Adhikarana (Domain/condition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhakti (प्रातिपदिक) + yoga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन. समासः—तत्पुरुषः (भक्तेः योगः)

• जनार्दने: in/unto Janārdana (Viṣṇu)
• जनार्दने: Adhikarana (Object of devotion/locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: janārdana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन (epithet of Viṣṇu)

• महेश्वरे: in/unto Maheśvara (Śiva)
• महेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Location/Focus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: maheśvara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तर/प्रस्ताव (particle: “then/now”)

• दुर्गायाम्: in/unto Durgā
• दुर्गायाम्: Adhikarana (Location/Focus)
• Type: Noun
• Root: durgā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; पुनरर्थक (adverb: “again/further”)

• स्तनपः: one who suckles (infant)
• स्तनपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: stanapa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति; एकवचन

• भवेत्: would become
• भवेत्: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथम-पुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator within the Tīrthamāhātmya frame (deductive: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Monsoon setting: rain clouds, lush landscape; a devotee performs worship to three shrines/icons—Janārdana, Maheśvara, and Durgā—symbolizing harmonized devotion; the motif of ‘no longer a suckling’ is shown as a broken cycle of rebirth (a wheel stilled).

Characters & Entities

• Janārdana
• Maheśvara
• Durgā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Steady bhakti-yoga—directed to Viṣṇu, Śiva, and the Goddess—is presented as a path that cuts off rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No particular tīrtha is specified in this verse; it frames a seasonal devotional discipline within the broader māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Maintain bhakti-yoga during varṣākāla (rainy season), oriented toward Janārdana, Maheśvara, and Durgā.