Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

भयं च चौरजं सर्वं किं करिष्यति तत्र न । कुमारनाथं मनसि पालकं कुर्वतां दृढम्

Transliteration

bhayaṃ ca caurajaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃ kariṣyati tatra na | kumāranāthaṃ manasi pālakaṃ kurvatāṃ dṛḍham

Translation

Et que pourrait y faire la peur née des voleurs ? Rien, pour ceux qui, avec fermeté, font de Kumāranātha le protecteur au-dedans de leur cœur.

Word by Word

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• caurajam: arising from thieves; due to robbers
• caurajam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cauraja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifier)

• sarvam: all
• sarvam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; विशेषण

• kim: what
• kim: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative)

• kariṣyati: will do
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular), परस्मैपद

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

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

• kumāranātham: the Lord of Kumāra (Skanda)
• kumāranātham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kumāra+nātha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (kumārasya nāthaḥ)

• manasi: in the mind
• manasi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th case), एकवचन

• pālakam: protector
• pālakam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pālaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; (कुमारनाथं) पालकं इति कर्म-सम्बन्धेन

• kurvatām: of those who make/keep (him)
• kurvatām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय), षष्ठी (6th case), बहुवचन; ‘कुर्वताम्’ = ‘of those who make/doing’ (genitive plural)

• dṛḍham: firmly
• dṛḍham: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dṛḍha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण अव्ययीभूत (adverbial use: firmly)

Speaker

Hārīta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kumāranātha

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim or devotee walks unafraid through a forested or roadside setting while shadowy thieves recede; in the devotee’s heart-space, Kumāranātha shines as a protective presence.

Characters & Entities

• Hārīta
• Kumāranātha (Skanda)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Inner refuge in Kumāranātha dispels external fear; devotion becomes protection on the sacred path.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The assurance is given in the Stambhatīrtha context, implying the tīrtha’s protective sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A bhakti-based prescription: establish Kumāranātha as the heart’s guardian (smaraṇa/inner worship).