Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 80

Devanagari script

सदा कर्तुं न शक्नोति व्रतानि यदि मानवः । चातुर्मास्यमनुप्राप्य तदा कुर्यात्प्रयत्नतः

Transliteration

sadā kartuṃ na śaknoti vratāni yadi mānavaḥ | cāturmāsyamanuprāpya tadā kuryātprayatnataḥ

Translation

Nếu một người không thể thực hành giới nguyện mọi lúc, thì khi đến mùa Cāturmāsya, hãy chuyên cần thực hiện với nỗ lực đặc biệt.

Word by Word

• sadā: always
• sadā: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (temporal adverb)

• kartum: to do, to perform
• kartum: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु) → kartum (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (infinitive) ‘कर्तुम्’

• na: not
• na: Avyaya (Negation/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेधार्थक निपात (negation)

• śaknoti: is able
• śaknoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śak (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• vratāni: vows
• vratāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन

• yadi: if
• yadi: Avyaya (Condition/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yadi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्तार्थक अव्यय (conditional particle)

• mānavaḥ: a human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• cāturmāsyam: the Cāturmāsya (four-month observance)
• cāturmāsyam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘चातुर्मास्य’ = चतुर्माससम्बद्धं व्रतम्/कालः

• anuprāpya: having reached, after obtaining
• anuprāpya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anu-pra-āp (धातु) → anuprāpya (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund) ‘अनुप्राप्य’ = having reached/after obtaining

• tadā: then
• tadā: Avyaya (Temporal/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (then)

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• prayatnataḥ: with effort
• prayatnataḥ: Avyaya (Adverbial/अvyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prayatna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘प्रयत्नतः’ = यत्नपूर्वम्

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Monsoon-season Kāśī: rain-washed ghats, devotees under umbrellas or cloaks, maintaining vows with lamps in sheltered niches; a calendar motif marking the four months.

Characters & Entities

• Skanda
• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When constant discipline is difficult, sacred seasons like Cāturmāsya provide a focused window for intensified practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it gives time-based (kāla) dharma within the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertake vratas during Cāturmāsya with deliberate effort if year-round observance is not possible.