Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

तस्य वंशेऽपि सर्पाणां न भयं स्यान्न किल्बिषम् । न रोगो नोपसर्गश्च न च भूतभयं क्वचित्

Transliteration

tasya vaṃśe'pi sarpāṇāṃ na bhayaṃ syānna kilbiṣam | na rogo nopasargaśca na ca bhūtabhayaṃ kvacit

Translation

Même dans la lignée de ce dévot, il n’y aura ni crainte des serpents ni faute; ni maladie ni affliction, et nulle part la peur des esprits.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him/that
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular), पुल्लिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग-सम्भव (pronominal)

• वंशे: in the lineage
• वंशे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)

• सर्पाणाम्: of snakes
• सर्पाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• न: not/no
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• स्यात्: would be/should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (Predicate action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

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

• किल्बिषम्: sin/taint
• किल्बिषम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किल्बिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: no/not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• रोगः: disease
• रोगः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• उपसर्गः: affliction/calamity
• उपसर्गः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)

• भूतभयम्: fear of spirits/beings
• भूतभयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक) + भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom./Acc.), एकवचन (Singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (genitive determinative: 'fear of beings/spirits')

• क्वचित्: anywhere/ever
• क्वचित्: Adhikaraṇa (Adverbial location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: क्वचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय-क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim family at a sacred water-edge; subtle presence of hooded Nāgas as guardians; the atmosphere conveys protection from disease, sin, and spirit-fear.

Characters & Entities

• Serpents (sarpa)
• Bhūtas (spirits)
• Nāgas (contextual)
• Śrāvaṇa Pañcamī (contextual)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional acts at a sanctified time and place radiate protective merit, safeguarding not only the worshipper but the lineage.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The promised protections are tied to the Nāga worship performed in the sanctified kṣetra described in this chapter (Cāmatkārapura).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse is a result-statement (phalaśruti) of the Śrāvaṇa Pañcamī Nāga-pūjā described immediately before.