Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30

Devanagari script

अजेयः सर्वदेवानां त्वत्प्रसादादहं विभो । यथा भवामि संग्रामे त्वां विहाय तथा कुरु

Transliteration

ajeyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ tvatprasādādahaṃ vibho | yathā bhavāmi saṃgrāme tvāṃ vihāya tathā kuru

Translation

ହେ ବିଭୋ! ତୁମ ପ୍ରସାଦରୁ ମୁଁ ସମସ୍ତ ଦେବମାନଙ୍କ ପାଇଁ ଅଜେୟ; ସଙ୍ଗ୍ରାମରେ ତୁମ ପ୍ରତ୍ୟକ୍ଷ ସାନ୍ନିଧ୍ୟ ନଥିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ମୁଁ ଯଥାତଥା ରହିବି—ତେମିତି କର।

Word by Word

• अजेयः: unconquerable
• अजेयः: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ+जेय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, यत्)
• Form: यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (potential/gerundive sense ‘to be conquered’ → negated); पुंलिङ्ग प्रथमा एकवचन; predicate adjective of ‘अहम्’

• सर्वदेवानाम्: of all the gods
• सर्वदेवानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी बहुवचन; Genitive plural; समासः—सर्वे देवाः (कर्मधारय)

• त्वत्प्रसादात्: from your grace
• त्वत्प्रसादात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी एकवचन; Ablative singular; समासः—त्वत्-प्रसादः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; त्रिलिङ्ग; प्रथमा एकवचन; Nominative singular

• विभो: O Lord
• विभो: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन एकवचन; Vocative singular

• यथा: so that/as
• यथा: Avyaya (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकार/उपमानवाचक-अव्यय (as/so that)

• भवामि: I become/am
• भवामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान); परस्मैपद; उत्तमपुरुष एकवचन; Present indicative

• संग्रामे: in battle
• संग्रामे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संग्राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी एकवचन; Locative singular

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; द्वितीया एकवचन; Accusative singular

• विहाय: having abandoned
• विहाय: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वि+हा (धातु) → विहाय (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund); ‘having left/abandoning’

• तथा: thus/accordingly
• तथा: Avyaya (Manner)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (so/in that manner)

• कुरु: do (make it so)
• कुरु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative); परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष एकवचन

Speaker

A boon-seeker (male, unnamed in this snippet) addressing Tripurāntaka (Śiva)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śiva (Tripurāntaka)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee addresses Śiva with folded hands, requesting invincibility that remains even without Śiva’s direct presence; Śiva’s calm gaze suggests measured granting with ethical constraints.

Characters & Entities

• Tripurāntaka (Śiva)
• Devas (Sarvadevāḥ)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power sought without continued dependence on the divine can become spiritually dangerous; the verse illustrates the desire for autonomous invincibility.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is named in this shloka; it is part of a mythic explanatory segment within the Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed; it is a direct request for a boon (vara).