Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तत्रागतैर्न हंतव्या मानवा दोषवर्जिताः । मंत्रसंरक्षितांगाश्च तथौषधिकृतादराः

Transliteration

tatrāgatairna haṃtavyā mānavā doṣavarjitāḥ | maṃtrasaṃrakṣitāṃgāśca tathauṣadhikṛtādarāḥ

Translation

Menschen, die dorthin gelangen und frei von Verfehlung sind, dürfen nicht verletzt werden; denn ihre Leiber sind durch Mantras geschützt und werden angemessen durch Heilmittel umsorgt.

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• आगतैः: by those who have come
• आगतैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; ‘आगतैः (जनैः)’ इति

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• हन्तव्याः: to be killed (must not be killed)
• हन्तव्याः: Kriya (Prohibition predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: भाव्यकृदन्त (Gerundive/तव्यत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (to be killed)

• मानवाः: humans/men
• मानवाः: Karman (Object in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• दोषवर्जिताः: free from faults
• दोषवर्जिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दोष + वर्जित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘दोषैः वर्जिताः’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (free from faults)

• मन्त्रसंरक्षिताङ्गाः: whose limbs are protected by mantras
• मन्त्रसंरक्षिताङ्गाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र + संरक्षित + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि—‘मन्त्रेण संरक्षितानि अङ्गानि येषाम्’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (in like manner/also)

• औषधिकृतादराः: having respect/attention due to medicines (herbal rites)
• औषधिकृतादराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: औषधि + कृत + आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि—‘औषधिभिः कृतः आदरः येषाम्’ (having regard produced by medicines)

Speaker

Brahmā (contextual continuation of 'Brahmovāca')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cāmatkārapura-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nāgas / stakeholders of the kṣetra order

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims enter a sacred grove/settlement; invisible mantra-guards form a protective aura around them, while healers prepare herbal medicines; nāga symbols appear as benign guardians rather than threats.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Mānava (humans)
• Mantra
• Auṣadhi (medicines)
• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is a zone of protection and restraint: non-violence toward the innocent is mandated as sacred law.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction pertains to the Nāgas’ sacred area on earth (contextually the Cāmatkārapura-kṣetra) where visitors are to be protected.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-protection and medicinal care are referenced as means of safeguarding visitors; the verse implies sanctified protection practices at the kṣetra.