Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 55

Devanagari script

अजेयः सर्वशत्रूणां सर्वव्यसनवर्जितः । ये करिष्यंति च स्नानमनेन मृगचर्मणा

Transliteration

ajeyaḥ sarvaśatrūṇāṃ sarvavyasanavarjitaḥ | ye kariṣyaṃti ca snānamanena mṛgacarmaṇā

Translation

ഈ മൃഗചർമ്മം ഉപയോഗിച്ച് വിധിപൂർവ്വം സ്നാനം ചെയ്യുന്നവർ—എല്ലാ ശത്രുക്കൾക്കും അജേയരായി, എല്ലാ ദുരിതങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നും വിമുക്തരായി ഇരിക്കും.

Word by Word

• अजेयः: unconquerable
• अजेयः: Visheshya (Predicate adjective/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ + जेय (जि धातु + यत्/अनीय, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नञ्-पूर्वकः — ‘जेयः’ (conquerable) इत्यस्य प्रतिषेधः

• सर्वशत्रूणाम्: of all enemies
• सर्वशत्रूणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः (सर्वे शत्रवः)

• सर्वव्यसनवर्जितः: free from all misfortunes
• सर्वव्यसनवर्जितः: Visheshya (Predicate adjective/विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + व्यसन (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्जित (वर्ज् धातु + क्त, कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेभ्यः व्यसनेभ्यः वर्जितः)

• ये: those who
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धबोधकः

• करिष्यन्ति: will do / will perform
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• स्नानम्: bathing
• स्नानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• अनेन: with this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• मृगचर्मणा: with a deerskin
• मृगचर्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मृग (प्रातिपदिक) + चर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (मृगस्य चर्म)

Speaker

Indra (implied continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at a sacred waterbody perform a ritual bath holding or using a deer-hide as part of the rite; a symbolic aura of protection surrounds them, with subdued martial motifs (shields/standards) indicating ‘ajeya’ blessing.

Characters & Entities

• mṛgacarma (deer-skin)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-snānā performed with śraddhā and correct ritual aids is said to confer both dhārmic purity and worldly protection.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The same tīrtha/kuṇḍa described in Nāgarakhaṇḍa Adhyāya 190, where a prescribed snāna is praised for its protective fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A snāna (ritual bath) performed ‘with this deer-skin’—i.e., employing mṛgacarma as the ritual implement/aid.