Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 154

Devanagari script

न च बिभ्यति केषांचिन्नास्य बिभ्यति केचन

Transliteration

na ca bibhyati keṣāṃcinnāsya bibhyati kecana

Translation

ചിലർ ഒട്ടും ഭയപ്പെടുന്നില്ല; ഈ (വനം/സ്ഥലം) ഭയപ്പെടുന്നവൻ ആരുമില്ല.

Word by Word

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

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• बिभ्यति: (he/she) fears
• बिभ्यति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• केषाम्: of whom
• केषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी, बहुवचन (genitive plural)

• चित्: some; any
• चित्: Sambandha (Indefiniteness marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अनिश्चितता-सूचक अव्यय (enclitic particle)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation; from sandhi in नास्य)

• अस्य: of this; of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंस, षष्ठी, एकवचन (genitive singular)

• बिभ्यति: fears
• बिभ्यति: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd person singular)

• केचन: some people
• केचन: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + चन (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (nominative plural; indefinite pronoun)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Abhaya-vana (implied epithet of the mahad-vana)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Within a tranquil forest clearing, travelers stand unafraid; even wild beasts appear gentle; a luminous boundary indicates a fear-free zone; faces are composed and steady.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True sanctity grants abhaya—fearlessness—because the place is protected by dharma and divine presence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A sacred araṇya identified in this adhyāya as ‘Vidyāvana’ (Forest of Knowledge) within the Kaumārikā-khaṇḍa context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual is stated in this verse; it emphasizes the innate fearlessness associated with the holy locale.