Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62

Devanagari script

येन स्याः सर्वशत्रूणामगम्यस्त्वं रघूद्वह । ज्येष्ठपञ्चदशीयोगे ज्येष्ठपुत्रः समाहितः

Transliteration

yena syāḥ sarvaśatrūṇāmagamyastvaṃ raghūdvaha | jyeṣṭhapañcadaśīyoge jyeṣṭhaputraḥ samāhitaḥ

Translation

Por ello, oh el más excelso de la estirpe de Raghu, te volverás inalcanzable para todos los enemigos. En la conjunción de la luna llena de Jyeṣṭha, el ‘hijo mayor’ (Indra) quedó sereno y purificado.

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.