Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 54

Devanagari script

ततश्च फाल्गुने मासि संप्राप्ते मुनिसत्तम । कुन्देन पूजयेद्देवं तेनैव विधिना ततः

Transliteration

tataśca phālgune māsi saṃprāpte munisattama | kundena pūjayeddevaṃ tenaiva vidhinā tataḥ

Translation

Rồi khi tháng Phālguna đến, hỡi bậc hiền thánh tối thượng, hãy thờ phụng Đấng Chí Tôn bằng hoa kunda, và sau đó thực hành đúng theo nghi thức ấy.

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal context/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘thereafter/then’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चयबोधक-निपात) — conjunction ‘and’

• phālgune: in (the month of) Phālguna
• phālgune: Adhikarana (Location in time/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phālguna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — ‘in Phālguna (month)’ (मास-विशेषण)

• māsi: in the month
• māsi: Adhikarana (Temporal locus/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — ‘in the month’

• saṃprāpte: when (it) has arrived
• saṃprāpte: Adhikarana (Locative absolute/सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam√prāp (धातु) + ta (क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन — ‘when (it) has arrived’ (सप्तमी-सम्बन्ध/locative absolute with māsi)

• muni-sattama: O best sage
• muni-sattama: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन — ‘O best of sages’

• kundena: with kunda (flowers)
• kundena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kunda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन — ‘with kunda-flower’ (करण)

• pūjayet: should worship
• pūjayet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √pūj (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — ‘should worship’

• devam: the deity
• devam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — ‘the god’

• tena: by that
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — ‘by that/with that’

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (अवधारण-निपात) — ‘indeed/only’

• vidhinā: by the prescribed rite
• vidhinā: Karana (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन — ‘by the prescribed method’

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Temporal context/कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘then/thereafter’

Speaker

Deductive (Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration; likely Skanda addressing a sage-listener)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: munisattama (best of sages)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim-devotee in early spring (Phālguna) offers white kunda blossoms at a shrine of the Lord; attendants prepare offerings as the ritual continues in a steady, inherited procedure.

Characters & Entities

• Phālguna (month)
• Kunda (flowers)
• Deva (Sūrya implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is sustained through regularity: devotion is renewed month by month with fitting offerings and consistent practice.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse highlights month-based vrata continuation within Tīrthamāhātmya; the exact tīrtha is not named in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

In Phālguna, worship using kunda flowers and repeat the same established ritual method (tenaiva vidhinā).