Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 24
भयं च तेषां न भवेत्कदाचित्पठन्ति ये तात इदं द्विजाग्र्याः । सङ्ग्रामचौराग्निवने तथाब्धौ तेषां शिवस्त्राति न संशयोऽत्र
bhayaṃ ca teṣāṃ na bhavetkadācitpaṭhanti ye tāta idaṃ dvijāgryāḥ | saṅgrāmacaurāgnivane tathābdhau teṣāṃ śivastrāti na saṃśayo'tra
愛しき者よ、これを誦する最勝の二度生まれの者たちには、恐れは決して起こらない。戦場においても、盗賊の中でも、火中でも、森でも、さらには大海にあっても、シヴァが彼らを護る—これに疑いはない。
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)
Type: river
Listener: ‘tāta’ addressed to a dear interlocutor (contextual listener within Revākhaṇḍa narration)
Scene: A learned dvija recites a palm-leaf text while dangers loom—battlefield, thieves, wildfire, dense forest, and a stormy sea—yet an unseen Śiva-shield surrounds him, calming the chaos.
FAQs
Regular recitation anchored in faith invokes Śiva’s protective grace across worldly dangers.
No single tirtha is named; the verse belongs to the Revā-khaṇḍa milieu and emphasizes the stotra’s protective power.
Pāṭha (recitation) of the hymn is prescribed as the means to gain protection.
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