Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94

Devanagari script

बंधनं मोहनं चापि शत्रोरुच्चाटनं तथा । करिष्यति न सन्देहो वशीकरणमेव च

Transliteration

baṃdhanaṃ mohanaṃ cāpi śatroruccāṭanaṃ tathā | kariṣyati na sandeho vaśīkaraṇameva ca

Translation

เขาย่อมกระทำการผูกมัด การทำให้หลงใหล และการขับไล่ศัตรูได้แน่นอน; และโดยไม่ต้องสงสัย ยังทำวศีกรณะคือการครอบงำได้ด้วย

Word by Word

• बंधनम्: binding (spell/act)
• बंधनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बंधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• मोहनम्: bewildering, delusion (spell)
• मोहनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोहन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/समुच्चयार्थक (particle: also/even)

• शत्रोः: of the enemy
• शत्रोः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• उच्चाटनम्: driving away, uprooting (spell)
• उच्चाटनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उच्चाटन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थक (adverb: likewise)

• करिष्यति: will do, will perform
• करिष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

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

• सन्देहः: doubt
• सन्देहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• वशीकरणम्: subjugation, bringing under control
• वशीकरणम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वशीकरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed, certainly
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Maheśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A ritualist before a yantra/maṇḍala, invoking forces to bind and repel an enemy; symbolic depiction of bandhana (ropes), mohana (veil), uccāṭana (storm-driven expulsion), and vaśīkaraṇa (taming).

Characters & Entities

• Enemy (śatru)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The text depicts ritual efficacy and siddhi; dharmically, such powers imply the need for ethical restraint and right intention.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in these verses; the setting remains within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse lists outcomes (bandhana, mohana, uccāṭana, vaśīkaraṇa) attributed to the described worship and mantra practice.