Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

न व्याधेर्न च सर्पाणां न चौराणां वरानने । नान्येषां भूभुजादीनां कदाचिदपि कुत्रचित्

Transliteration

na vyādherna ca sarpāṇāṃ na caurāṇāṃ varānane | nānyeṣāṃ bhūbhujādīnāṃ kadācidapi kutracit

Translation

ഹേ സുന്ദരമുഖീ! രോഗഭയം ഇല്ല, സർപ്പഭയം ഇല്ല, കള്ളഭയം ഇല്ല; രാജാക്കളും അവരുടെ ആളുകളും മുതലായ മറ്റു ഉപദ്രവങ്ങളുടെ ഭയവും—ഒരിക്കലും, എവിടെയും ഇല്ല।

Word by Word

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

• व्याधेः: of disease
• व्याधेः: Sambandha (Genitive of relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

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

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• चौराणाम्: of thieves
• चौराणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive of relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चौर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• वरानने: O fair-faced one
• वरानने: Sambodhana (Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर + आनन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय—वरम् आननम् यस्याः (‘fair-faced’)

• न: nor
• न: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• अन्येषाम्: of others
• अन्येषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive of relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• भूभुजादीनाम्: of kings and the like
• भूभुजादीनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive of relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूभुज् + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन; समासः—भूभुजः आदयः येषाम् (kings and the like)

• कदाचित्: ever; at any time
• कदाचित्: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कदाचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• कुत्रचित्: anywhere
• कुत्रचित्: Adhikaraṇa (Place)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कुत्रचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of place)

Speaker

Śiva (Īśvara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Varānanā/Varārohā (female addressee within the narrative frame)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A protected devotee’s home and path: a serpent recoils, a thief turns away, a sick person recovers, and a stern royal officer lowers his staff—an unseen sacred aura from the māhātmya surrounds the devotee.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva
• Devī (Pārvatī)
• Vyādhi (disease)
• Sarpa (serpents)
• Caura (thieves)
• Bhūbhuj (kings/rulers)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional safeguarding is framed as both spiritual and worldly well-being—dharma protects life from seen and unseen dangers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse continues the general phalaśruti for the tīrtha-list rather than praising one particular location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly continues the prior instruction: maintain the sacred list through recitation/hearing/keeping it, which yields protective results.