Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 39

Devanagari script

नित्यं चैवागमिष्यन्ति त्यक्त्वा रक्षःकृतं भयम् । तेषां यदि वधं कश्चिद्राक्षसात्प्रापयिष्यति

Transliteration

nityaṃ caivāgamiṣyanti tyaktvā rakṣaḥkṛtaṃ bhayam | teṣāṃ yadi vadhaṃ kaścidrākṣasātprāpayiṣyati

Translation

သူတို့သည် ရက္ခသတို့ကြောင့် ဖြစ်သော ကြောက်ရွံ့မှုကို စွန့်ပစ်ကာ အမြဲမပြတ် လာကြလိမ့်မည်။ အကယ်၍ တစ်စုံတစ်ယောက်က ရက္ခသ၏ လက်ဖြင့် သူတို့ကို သေစေခဲ့လျှင်…

Word by Word

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kāla (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक-क्रियाविशेषण)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Nishchaya (Emphasis/निश्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• आगमिष्यन्ति: will come
• आगमिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-गम् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्यक्त्वा: having abandoned
• त्यक्त्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (Gerund/Absolutive)

• रक्षः-कृतम्: made by rākṣasas
• रक्षः-कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रक्षस् (प्रातिपदिक) + कृत (कृ-धातु; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (रक्षसः कृतम्)

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तेषाम्: of them
• तेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• यदि: if
• यदि: Nimitta (Condition/निमित्त)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: शर्तार्थक-अव्यय (conditional particle)

• वधम्: killing/death
• वधम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कश्चित्: someone
• कश्चित्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम

• राक्षसात्: from a rākṣasa
• राक्षसात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• प्रापयिष्यति: will cause to obtain/bring about
• प्रापयिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) (णिच् causative)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

Speaker

Unspecified in excerpt

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu/Rāmeśvara tīrtha (daily pilgrimage flow)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Mahārāja (royal addressee)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims continue to arrive daily, having abandoned fear of rākṣasas; the narrative turns toward the contingency—if a rākṣasa causes their death—implying imminent enforcement or divine/royal response.

Characters & Entities

• Rākṣasa
• Pilgrims (implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred places attract steady pilgrimage; ensuring the safety of pilgrims is a dharmic obligation, and violence there becomes a grave fault.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage remains within the Setu-madhya/Rāmeśvara sacred landscape of the Nāgarakhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it sets up an ethical problem regarding harm to visitors.