Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 86

Devanagari script

एवं ते ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे त्रिजातेन समन्विताः । न गरं न गरं प्रोच्चैरुच्चरंतः समाययुः

Transliteration

evaṃ te brāhmaṇāḥ sarve trijātena samanvitāḥ | na garaṃ na garaṃ proccairuccaraṃtaḥ samāyayuḥ

Translation

So zogen all jene Brahmanen, von Trijāta begleitet, weiter und riefen immer wieder laut: „Kein Gift, kein Gift!“

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (thus)

• ते: they
• ते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (nominative plural)

• ब्राह्मणाः: brahmins
• ब्राह्मणाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (all)

• त्रिजातेन: with Trijāta
• त्रिजातेन: Saha/Karana (Accompaniment/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिजात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (instrumental singular)

• समन्विताः: accompanied; joined
• समन्विताः: Visheshana (Qualifier of subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-अन्वि (धातु) → समन्वित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तृविशेषण (endowed/associated)

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

• गरम्: poison
• गरम्: Karman (Object of utterance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उच्यते इति कर्म (object of utterance)

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध

• गरम्: poison
• गरम्: Karman (Object of utterance)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रोच्चैः: aloud
• प्रोच्चैः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रोच्चैः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उच्चस्वर/तीव्रतावाचक (aloud, loudly)

• उच्चरन्तः: uttering; chanting
• उच्चरन्तः: Karta (Agent as participle/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उद्-चर् (धातु) → उच्चरन्त् (शतृ-प्रत्यय)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle); पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्तरि (uttering)

• समाययुः: arrived; came together
• समाययुः: Kriya (Main verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-या (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार; प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Nāgarakhaṇḍa; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa to sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (route context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of brāhmaṇas walking in formation, mouths open in loud rhythmic chant—‘na garaṃ na garaṃ’—their faces resolute; the landscape feels safer as the chant rolls forward.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇas
• Trijāta
• Gara (poison)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Collective recitation strengthens courage and protection, reflecting the purāṇic ideal of faith expressed through repeated utterance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The refrain is part of the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-centered account in Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Loud repetition (uccāraṇa) of a protective formula/refrain associated with the mantra’s power.