Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अजेयः सर्वदेवानां त्वत्प्रसादादहं विभो । यथा भवामि संग्रामे त्वां विहाय तथा कुरु

Transliteration

ajeyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ tvatprasādādahaṃ vibho | yathā bhavāmi saṃgrāme tvāṃ vihāya tathā kuru

Translation

„O erhabener Herr, durch deine Gnade bin ich für alle Götter unbesiegbar. Füge es so, dass ich im Kampf so bleibe, wie ich bin — selbst wenn ich ohne dich, ohne deine unmittelbare Gegenwart, bin.“

Word by Word

• अजेयः: unconquerable
• अजेयः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ+जेय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, यत्)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (potential/gerundive sense ‘to be conquered’ → negated); पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; predicate adjective of ‘अहम्’

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचन; Genitive plural; समासः—सर्वे देवाः (कर्मधारय)

• त्वत्प्रसादात्: from your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी एकवचन; Ablative singular; समासः—त्वत्-प्रसादः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; त्रिलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; Nominative singular

• विभो: O Lord
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन एकवचन; Vocative singular

• यथा: so that/as
• यथा: Avyaya (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as/so that)

• भवामि: I become/am
• भवामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष एकवचन; Present indicative

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; Locative singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया एकवचन; Accusative singular

• विहाय: having abandoned
• विहाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि+हा (धातु) → विहाय (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having left/abandoning’

• तथा: thus/accordingly
• तथा: Avyaya (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (so/in that manner)

• कुरु: do (make it so)
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative); परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष एकवचन

Speaker

A boon-seeker (male, unnamed in this snippet) addressing Tripurāntaka (Śiva)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Tripurāntaka)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee addresses Śiva with folded hands, requesting invincibility that remains even without Śiva’s direct presence; Śiva’s calm gaze suggests measured granting with ethical constraints.

Characters & Entities

• Tripurāntaka (Śiva)
• Devas (Sarvadevāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power sought without continued dependence on the divine can become spiritually dangerous; the verse illustrates the desire for autonomous invincibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this shloka; it is part of a mythic explanatory segment within the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is a direct request for a boon (vara).