Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 77

Devanagari script

न गरं न गरं चैतच्छ्रुत्वा ये पन्नगाधमाः । तत्र स्थास्यंति ते वध्या भविष्यंति यथासुखम्

Transliteration

na garaṃ na garaṃ caitacchrutvā ye pannagādhamāḥ | tatra sthāsyaṃti te vadhyā bhaviṣyaṃti yathāsukham

Translation

เมื่อได้ยินคำว่า 'นะ คะรัม นะ คะรัม' (ไม่มีพิษ!) เหล่านาคราชชั่วร้ายที่ยังคงอยู่ที่นั่น จะต้องถูกสังหารและจัดการตามสมควร

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• गरम्: poison
• गरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; जप्य-वाक्यांशे (as quoted formula)

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• गरम्: poison
• गरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति (repetition)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (समुच्चय-अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-निपात

• एतत्: this
• एतत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘श्रुत्वा’ इत्यस्य कर्म (this [utterance])

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: श्रु (धातु) + क्त्वा (अव्यय-कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया—‘having heard’

• ये: who (those who)
• ये: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• पन्नगाधमाः: lowest serpents
• पन्नगाधमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पन्नग (प्रातिपदिक) + अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (lowest among serpents)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (देश-अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (there)

• स्थास्यन्ति: will remain
• स्थास्यन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल/Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

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

• वध्याः: to be slain
• वध्याः: Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (Subject complement/कर्तृसमानााधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (fit to be slain/killable)

• भविष्यन्ति: will become
• भविष्यन्ति: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (भविष्यत्काल/Future), परस्मैपद, प्रथम-पुरुष, बहुवचन

• यथासुखम्: as one pleases / comfortably
• यथासुखम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय) + सुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोग (according to comfort/at will)

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Nagara (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brāhmaṇottama / narrative participants

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The mantra ‘na garaṃ’ is proclaimed; compliant serpents lose venom, while obstinate ones remain and are marked for removal—depicting dharmic enforcement of safety.

Characters & Entities

• pannaga (nāga/serpent)
• gara/viṣa (poison)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When harm (poison) is removed, fear and threat collapse; dharma restores safety by disempowering violence at its root.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The tīrtha locale is implied as the arena where the mantra is heard and the nāgas are rendered harmless.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A specific utterance/cry—“na garaṃ na garaṃ”—as part of the mantra-proclamation that neutralizes venom.