Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

चातुर्मास्ये विशेषेण पूज्यो लक्ष्मीयुतो हरिः

Transliteration

cāturmāsye viśeṣeṇa pūjyo lakṣmīyuto hariḥ

Translation

خصوصاً چاتُرمَاسیہ کے زمانے میں لکشمی کے ساتھ متحد ہری کی عبادت کرنی چاہیے۔

Word by Word

• cāturmāsye: in the four-month period (Cāturmāsya)
• cāturmāsye: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napुṃsakaliṅga, Saptamī (Locative), Ekavacana; ‘in the Cāturmāsya period’

• viśeṣeṇa: especially
• viśeṣeṇa: Prakāra (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tṛtīyā-ekavacana used adverbially (instrumental of manner): ‘especially’

• pūjyaḥ: worthy to be worshipped
• pūjyaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √pūj (पूज्) + pūjya (कृदन्त, gerundive/ya-pratyaya)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; kartavya/vidhi-artha (to be worshipped)

• lakṣmīyutaḥ: accompanied by Lakṣmī
• lakṣmīyutaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: lakṣmī + yuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana; viśeṣaṇa of hariḥ; ‘endowed with Lakṣmī’

• hariḥ: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• hariḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana

Speaker

Narrative voice within Brahmā–Nārada dialogue context (deduced from adhyāya colophon)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual frame)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nārada

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee in monsoon-season observance offers worship to Lakṣmī-Nārāyaṇa: Hari seated with Lakṣmī, lamps lit, offerings arranged, with rain-cloud ambience suggesting Cāturmāsya.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya
• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Lakṣmī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seasonal sacred time (Cāturmāsya) intensifies the merit of devotion; worship becomes especially recommended and potent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative, connecting the vrata to that sacred geography.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Worship (pūjā) of Hari along with Lakṣmī specifically during the Cāturmāsya period.