Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
सप्तजन्मांतरं यावन्न स दौःस्थ्यमवाप्नुयात् । भूतप्रेतपिशाचानां शाकिनीनां विशेषतः । न च्छिद्रं न च रोगाश्च नाधयो न रिपोर्भयम्
saptajanmāṃtaraṃ yāvanna sa dauḥsthyamavāpnuyāt | bhūtapretapiśācānāṃ śākinīnāṃ viśeṣataḥ | na cchidraṃ na ca rogāśca nādhayo na riporbhayam
সাত জন্মান্তর পর্যন্ত সে দুঃখদশায় পতিত হয় না। বিশেষত ভূত, প্রেত, পিশাচ ও শাকিনীদের দ্বারা কোনো পীড়া হয় না; অমঙ্গল নেই, রোগ নেই, মানসিক যন্ত্রণা নেই, শত্রুভয়ও নেই।
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: dvijottamāḥ / inquiring sages (implied by address-pattern)
Scene: A pilgrim at a serpent-associated sacred pool within a temple-precinct; protective aura around him while shadowy bhūtas/pretas retreat; symbols of disease and enemy weapons dissolve.
FAQs
Tīrtha-dharma—devotional bathing, worship, and charity—creates enduring protection and well-being that extends beyond a single life.
Nāgatīrtha, whose merits are described as long-lasting and protective.
The verse summarizes promised results of the Nāgatīrtha observances (snāna, dāna, and Nāga-pūjā) described in the surrounding verses.