Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

येन स्याः सर्वशत्रूणामगम्यस्त्वं रघूद्वह । ज्येष्ठपञ्चदशीयोगे ज्येष्ठपुत्रः समाहितः

Transliteration

yena syāḥ sarvaśatrūṇāmagamyastvaṃ raghūdvaha | jyeṣṭhapañcadaśīyoge jyeṣṭhaputraḥ samāhitaḥ

Translation

“By this, O best of the Raghu line, you will become unreachable to all enemies. On the conjunction of the Jyeṣṭha full-moon day, the ‘eldest son’ (Indra) became composed and purified.”

Word by Word

• येन: by which/whereby
• येन: Karana (Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन

• स्याः: you may be/become
• स्याः: Kriya (Potential action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), मध्यम-पुरुष (2nd), एकवचन

• सर्वशत्रूणाम्: of all enemies
• सर्वशत्रूणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सर्वे शत्रवः)

• अगम्यः: unapproachable
• अगम्यः: Visheshana (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गम् (धातु) + अ (उपसर्ग) ; अगम्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (gerundive sense: not to be reached), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• रघूद्वह: O best of the Raghus
• रघूद्वह: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रघु + उद्वह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रघूणाम् उद्वहः = best of the Raghus)

• ज्येष्ठपञ्चदशीयोगे: in the conjunction of Jyeṣṭhā pañcadaśī
• ज्येष्ठपञ्चदशीयोगे: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ + पञ्चदशी + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (ज्येष्ठायां पञ्चदश्यां योगः = conjunction on Jyeṣṭhā full-moon day)

• ज्येष्ठपुत्रः: the eldest son
• ज्येष्ठपुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्येष्ठ + पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (ज्येष्ठः पुत्रः = eldest son)

• समाहितः: composed/collected (in mind)
• समाहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + आ + धा (धातु); समाहित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Mārkaṇḍeya (deduced from the continuing instruction in this adhyāya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Pitāmaha/Brahmā-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Rāma

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The guide promises Rāma invulnerability to enemies through the tīrtha’s observance, referencing an ancient episode where Indra became purified and composed on the Jyeṣṭha full-moon conjunction.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma (Raghūdvaha)
• Indra (implied by ‘Jyeṣṭhaputra’)
• Jyeṣṭha Pūrṇimā (Jyeṣṭha pañcadaśī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious time (tithi-yoga) joined with tīrtha-practice is taught as a dharmic means for protection and inner steadiness.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha being recommended in this adhyāya (identified more clearly in subsequent verses as a specific tīrtha near Mārkaṇḍeya’s āśrama).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Observance connected with Jyeṣṭha month’s pañcadaśī (full-moon timing) as the proper occasion for the tīrtha-act.