Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः । यथा समुत्थितं यंत्रं यंत्रेण प्रतिहन्यते । यथा बाणप्रहाराणां कवचं वारणं भवेत । तथा ग्रहविकाराणां शांतिर्भवति वारणम्
brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ | yathā samutthitaṃ yaṃtraṃ yaṃtreṇa pratihanyate | yathā bāṇaprahārāṇāṃ kavacaṃ vāraṇaṃ bhaveta | tathā grahavikārāṇāṃ śāṃtirbhavati vāraṇam
Para brāhmaṇa berkata: “Sebagaimana suatu mesin yang telah bergerak dapat ditahan oleh alat yang lain, dan sebagaimana baju zirah menjadi pelindung daripada tikaman anak panah, demikianlah upacara śānti menjadi benteng penolak terhadap gangguan yang timbul daripada perubahan planet.”
Brāhmaṇas (ritual experts/daivajñas)
Listener: The king
Scene: A teaching tableau: brāhmaṇas explain with two vivid metaphors—one sage holds a small yantra device; another displays a kavaca (armor) while pointing to graha symbols, illustrating how śānti wards off planetary disturbance.
FAQs
Adversity can be met with dharmic countermeasures; śānti rites are presented as lawful spiritual protection.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides doctrinal rationale within a tīrtha-centered chapter.
Śānti/śāntika karma (pacificatory rites) is recommended as the remedy for graha-vikāras (planetary disturbances).