Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

युष्माकं सुविनाशाय सर्वदेवाधिनायकः । भविष्यति न संदेहो मंत्रैराथर्वणैर्हरिः

Transliteration

yuṣmākaṃ suvināśāya sarvadevādhināyakaḥ | bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho maṃtrairātharvaṇairhariḥ

Translation

നിങ്ങളുടെ സമ്പൂർണ്ണ വിനാശത്തിനായി, സർവ്വദേവാധിനായകരുടെ അധിനായകനായ ഹരി അതർവണ മന്ത്രബലത്താൽ നിശ്ചയമായി പ്രാദുർഭവിക്കും; ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല।

Word by Word

• युष्माकम्: of you (all)
• युष्माकम्: Sambandha (Possession/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural)

• सु-विनाशाय: for total destruction
• सु-विनाशाय: Sampradana/Prayojana (Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सु (अव्यय) + विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative/4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थ (for the purpose/result)

• सर्व-देव-अधिनायकः: the overlord of all gods
• सर्व-देव-अधिनायकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिनायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भविष्यति: will become/will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Nishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• संदेहः: doubt
• संदेहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संदेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मन्त्रैः: by mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• आथर्वणैः: Atharvan (Atharva-type)
• आथर्वणैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आथर्वण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• हरिः: Hari (Viṣṇu)
• हरिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (context suggests a warning addressed to Indra/Devas)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Indra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bṛhaspati’s proclamation hangs in the air; behind him, a visionary aura of Hari begins to form—four-armed, radiant—suggesting manifestation through Atharvan mantras; Indra appears small, shaken.

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Viṣṇu)
• Atharvan mantras
• Devas (collectively)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Purāṇic vision treats mantra as a channel for divine will; when dharma is threatened, higher divinity is said to intervene decisively.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Tīrthamāhātmya setting but does not directly name a tīrtha; it advances the narrative that supports the section’s sacred-geography teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Invocation/manifestation through Atharvan mantras is referenced (implying mantra-japa/homa as the operative rite).