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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

नाग्नेर्भयं हि तस्य स्यान्न व्याघ्रान्न च दंतिनः । न च सर्प्पभयं क्वापि भूतप्रेतादिभीर्नहि

nāgnerbhayaṃ hi tasya syānna vyāghrānna ca daṃtinaḥ | na ca sarppabhayaṃ kvāpi bhūtapretādibhīrnahi

لا يكون له خوفٌ من النار، ولا من النمور ولا من الفيلة؛ ولا يكون له في أيّ مكان خوفٌ من الحيّات، ولا من البهوتا والبريتا وما شابهها.

nanot/no
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)
agnerof fire
agner:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootagni (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम् (singular)
bhayamfear
bhayam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formहेतौ/निश्चये-अव्ययम् (particle: indeed/for)
tasyafor him/of him
tasya:
Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम् (singular); सर्वनाम
syātwould be
syāt:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootas (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)
vyāghrātfrom a tiger
vyāghrāt:
Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootvyāghra (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः (masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम् (singular)
nanor
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
daṃtinaḥfrom an elephant (tusked one)
daṃtinaḥ:
Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootdaṃtin (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः (masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम् (singular)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
sarppabhayamfear of snakes
sarppabhayam:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootsarpa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)
kvāpianywhere
kvāpi:
Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootkva (अव्यय) + api (अव्यय)
Formस्थानवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: anywhere)
bhūtapretādibhiḥby/through beings, ghosts, etc.
bhūtapretādibhiḥ:
Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + preta (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गः (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम् (plural); ‘ādi’ = समाहार/समुच्चय-सूचक (etc.)
nanot
na:
Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootna (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)
hiindeed
hi:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Roothi (अव्यय)
Formनिश्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle: indeed)

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha: Bakulārka

Type: kshetra

Scene: A pilgrim under the Sun’s protective aura: flames subside, tiger and elephant turn away, a serpent coils harmlessly, shadowy bhūtas/pretas dissolve at the edge of light.

A
Agni
V
Vyāghra (tiger)
D
Daṃtin (elephant)
S
Sarpa (snake)
B
Bhūta
P
Preta

FAQs

Tīrtha-based devotion grants fearlessness and protective merit in both seen and unseen dangers.

The Bakulārka/Ravikṣetra sacred complex associated with Ravikuṇḍa in Dharmāraṇya.

The verse continues the promised fruits of Bakulārka devotion; the implied practice is worship/propitiation there.