Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 785

Devanagari script

करिष्यामि त्वहं शक्र शयनं यत्नमास्थितः । यावच्च चतुरो मासान्यथा स न चलिष्यति

Transliteration

kariṣyāmi tvahaṃ śakra śayanaṃ yatnamāsthitaḥ | yāvacca caturo māsānyathā sa na caliṣyati

Translation

Hỡi Śakra (Indra), với mọi sự cẩn trọng và nỗ lực, ta sẽ sắp đặt giấc an nghỉ thiêng của Thượng Chủ, để trọn bốn tháng Ngài không bị quấy nhiễu hay khiến phải động chuyển.

Word by Word

• करिष्यामि: I will do / I shall perform
• करिष्यामि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तमपुरुष; प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• शक्र: O Śakra (Indra)
• शक्र: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative/8th), एकवचन (singular)

• शयनम्: sleeping/rest
• शयनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शयन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• यत्नम्: effort
• यत्नम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• आस्थितः: having undertaken / engaged in
• आस्थितः: Karta (Agent qualifier)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-स्था (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन; अर्थः—स्थित/उपस्थित (having undertaken/being engaged)

• यावत्: as long as / until
• यावत्: Sambandha (Temporal marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यावत् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (correlative), काल/परिमाणार्थक (as long as / until)

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

• चतुरः: four
• चतुरः: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चतुर् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: विशेषण (adjective), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (plural)

• मासान्: months
• मासान्: Karma (Object/extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (plural)

• यथा: so that / as
• यथा: Sambandha (Manner marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारार्थक (so that / in such a way)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• चलिष्यति: will move
• चलिष्यति: Kriya (Predicate action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चल् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

Speaker

Unspecified in the snippet (within Jalaśāyī-upākhyāna; a devotee/agent addressing Indra)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (Jalaśāyī setting)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śakra (Indra)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devoted attendant addresses Indra, preparing a grand couch for Viṣṇu’s sacred sleep; priests secure the sanctum, place garlands, and arrange Śeṣa imagery so the Lord will not be ‘moved’ for four months.

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Cāturmāsya (four months, implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred time (the four-month Cāturmāsya period) is to be honored with careful, disciplined service—protecting and maintaining the Lord’s ritual ‘repose’ without disturbance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger narrative sits in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

To keep the deity’s śayana (repose arrangement) stable and undisturbed for four months—an allusion to Cāturmāsya/Jalaśāyī observance.