Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

नाग्निचौरभयं तस्य दरीणां चैव बन्धनम् । विद्युदुल्काभयं चैव न चोत्पातसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

nāgnicaurabhayaṃ tasya darīṇāṃ caiva bandhanam | vidyudulkābhayaṃ caiva na cotpātasamudbhavam

Translation

Bagi dirinya tiada ketakutan terhadap api atau pencuri, tiada pula terkurung di gua dan rekahan; tiada takut akan kilat atau meteor, dan tiada bencana yang timbul daripada petanda buruk.

Word by Word

• na: no; not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• agni-cora-bhayam: fear of fire and thieves
• agni-cora-bhayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + cora (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अग्नेः चोरस्य च भयं)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• darīṇām: of caves; of clefts
• darīṇām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: darī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• eva: indeed; just
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• bandhanam: bondage; imprisonment
• bandhanam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bandhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• vidyut-ulkā-bhayam: fear of lightning and meteors
• vidyut-ulkā-bhayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vidyut (प्रातिपदिक) + ulkā (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (विद्युतः उल्कायाश्च भयं)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय

• utpāta-samudbhavam: (fear) arising from portents
• utpāta-samudbhavam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: utpāta (प्रातिपदिक) + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (उत्पातात् समुद्भवम्)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dvārakā (protective phala)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee’s home remains unharmed while symbolic flames, thieves, lightning bolts, falling meteors, and ominous signs dissipate at the boundary of a protective aura marked by conch and discus.

Characters & Entities

• Agni (fire)
• Cauras (thieves)
• Vidyut (lightning)
• Ulkā (meteor)
• Utpāta (portent/calamity)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma-centered devotion grants auspiciousness and removes fear, portraying bhakti as both spiritual refuge and worldly safeguard.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Dvārakā, where these protective fruits are presented as outcomes of the tīrtha’s Vaiṣṇava observances.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Not explicit here; it continues the promised results of prior practices (worship and Vaiṣṇava marks/sacred substances).