Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 79

Devanagari script

ज्वरादेः शत्रुतश्चैव व्याधेस्तस्य भयं नहि

Transliteration

jvarādeḥ śatrutaścaiva vyādhestasya bhayaṃ nahi

Translation

For him there is no fear from fever and the like, nor from enemies, nor from disease.

Word by Word

• ज्वरादेः: of fever etc.
• ज्वरादेः: Ablative/Genitive source (Apadana-like/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); ‘ज्वर-आदि’ (fever etc.)

• शत्रुतः: from an enemy
• शत्रुतः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• व्याधेः: of disease
• व्याधेः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• तस्य: for him / of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

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

• हि: indeed / for
• हि: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), कारण/अवधारणार्थ (indeed/for)

Speaker

Vyāsa (continuing the Bakulārka phalaśruti; implied by flow)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bakulārka

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee sheltered by Surya’s radiance: fever-demon and hostile figures recede; the bakula tree and Surya emblem stand as a protective axis.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional remembrance in a sanctified tradition is portrayed as a shield—granting fearlessness and resilience against suffering and hostility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The protection is linked to the Bakulārka remembrance taught in the Dharmāraṇya setting.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Continuation of the prior prescription: Bakulārka-smaraṇa (especially on the specified saptamī) as the cause of protection.