Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

शत्रुभिर्हन्यमानोऽपि दश्यमानोपि पन्नगैः । शैलैराक्रम्यमाणोऽपि पतितोऽपि महांबुधौ

Transliteration

śatrubhirhanyamāno'pi daśyamānopi pannagaiḥ | śailairākramyamāṇo'pi patito'pi mahāṃbudhau

Translation

શત્રુઓ દ્વારા ઘાયલ થતો હોય, સાપો દ્વારા દંશિત થતો હોય; શિલાઓથી દબાતો હોય, અથવા મહાસમુદ્રમાં પડી ગયો હોય—

Word by Word

• शत्रुभिः: by enemies
• शत्रुभिः: Karana (Instrument/कर्ता-हेतुः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• हन्यमानः: being struck/killed
• हन्यमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हन् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्), कर्मणि (Passive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• दश्यमानः: being bitten
• दश्यमानः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दश् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्), कर्मणि (Passive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• पन्नगैः: by serpents
• पन्नगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• शैलैः: by mountains/rocks
• शैलैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन

• आक्रम्यमाणः: being attacked/overrun
• आक्रम्यमाणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: क्रम् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्), कर्मणि (Passive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपसर्गः आ-

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• पतितः: fallen
• पतितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पत् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध/बल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• महाम्बुधौ: in the great ocean
• महाम्बुधौ: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा + अम्बुधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sequence-like tableau: a devotee beset by enemies, then a serpent strike, then boulders tumbling, then waves swallowing—each vignette dissolving into the same anchor image of a pradoṣa lamp before Śiva.

Characters & Entities

• Enemies (śatru)
• Serpents (pannaga)
• Ocean (mahāmbudhi)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The verse builds a dramatic catalogue of dangers to emphasize the extraordinary protective power associated with pradoṣa devotion.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is named; the theme is universal protection through Śiva worship at pradoṣa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse is part of a sequence; the explicit prescription is completed in the next verse (pradoṣe giriśārcanāt).