Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 17

Devanagari script

एतेषामेव लिंगानां सप्तानां ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः । नापमृत्यु भयं तस्य कथंचित्संभविष्यति

Transliteration

eteṣāmeva liṃgānāṃ saptānāṃ brāhmaṇottamāḥ | nāpamṛtyu bhayaṃ tasya kathaṃcitsaṃbhaviṣyati

Translation

ดูก่อนพราหมณ์ผู้เลิศทั้งหลาย ผู้ใดตั้งมั่นอยู่ในลิงคะ/เครื่องหมายทั้งเจ็ดนี้ ความหวาดกลัวต่อมรณะก่อนกาลย่อมไม่บังเกิดแก่เขาโดยประการใดๆ

Word by Word

• एतेषाम्: of these
• एतेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• एव: only/indeed
• एव: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-निपात (emphatic particle)

• लिङ्गानाम्: of the signs/marks
• लिङ्गानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लिङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• सप्तानाम्: of seven
• सप्तानाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तन् (संख्याशब्द-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; संख्याविशेषणम्

• ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः: O best of Brahmins
• ब्राह्मणोत्तमाः: Sambodhana/Address (Vocative sense)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्राह्मण-उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; ब्राह्मण + उत्तम)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; संबोधनार्थेऽपि

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

• अपमृत्यु: untimely death
• अपमृत्यु: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अपमृत्यु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (समासपूर्वपदवत् अव्ययीभावसदृश-प्रयोगः); विशेष्य-पूर्वपद

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तस्य: of him/for him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• कथंचित्: in any way / ever
• कथंचित्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथंचित् (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• सम्भविष्यति: will arise/occur
• सम्भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-√भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

Speaker

Narrative voice (Purāṇic exposition; addressing brāhmaṇas/sages)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: brāhmaṇas (addressed as brāhmaṇa-uttamāḥ)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage-narration to brāhmaṇas: the ‘seven indicators’ are symbolically shown as seven luminous emblems around a central protective aura, signifying freedom from apamṛtyu.

Characters & Entities

• Brāhmaṇa
• Apamṛtyu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right knowledge of sacred indicators and faithful adherence brings protection and steadiness against misfortune.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The discourse belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya setting, though this verse promises a general protective fruit.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, learning/reciting and holding to the ‘seven indicators’ taught in the preceding context.