Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

गृह्यन्ते येन ते सर्वे व्याधयोऽपि सुदारुणाः । परं सदैव ते रक्ष्या मन्मन्त्रैरपि संयुताः

Transliteration

gṛhyante yena te sarve vyādhayo'pi sudāruṇāḥ | paraṃ sadaiva te rakṣyā manmantrairapi saṃyutāḥ

Translation

Por meio deles, até as doenças mais terríveis podem ser dominadas e contidas. Contudo, deves permanecer sempre protegido, fortificado também pelos meus mantras.

Word by Word

• gṛhyante: are seized/controlled
• gṛhyante: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: grah (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense: 'are seized')

• yena: by which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)

• te: those
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन (demonstrative pronoun)

• sarve: all
• sarve: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'ते' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• vyādhayaḥ: diseases
• vyādhayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन

• api: also, even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (also/even)

• su-dāruṇāḥ: very dreadful
• su-dāruṇāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su (अव्यय-उपसर्गवत्) + dāruṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; अव्ययीभाव—सु + दारुण (intensifier)

• param: moreover
• param: Sambandha (Discourse/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: param (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विशेषार्थे/अनन्तरार्थे (furthermore/indeed)

• sadā-eva: always indeed
• sadā-eva: Sambandha (Time/Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय) + eva (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय + अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (always indeed)

• te: they
• te: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• rakṣyāḥ: to be protected
• rakṣyāḥ: Vidhyartha (Obligation/विध्यर्थ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rakṣya (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √rakṣ)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive: 'to be protected'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• mat-mantraiḥ: with my mantras
• mat-mantraiḥ: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; समासः—मम मन्त्राः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• saṃyutāḥ: joined/armed (with)
• saṃyutāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√yuj (धातु) → saṃyuta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; 'ते' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

Speaker

Śrī Devī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devī explains that with these gifts even dreadful diseases can be seized and restrained; yet the recipient must remain continually protected, fortified by her mantras—suggesting a protective circle or armor of sound.

Characters & Entities

• Śrī Devī
• Vyādhi (disease)
• Pṛthivīpati (King)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual protection is twofold: restraining harmful forces and maintaining continuous divine safeguarding through mantra.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No distinct tīrtha is specified in this shloka.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Use of the Goddess’s mantras for protection and for restraining diseases is implied, without procedural details.