Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

नाग्नेर्भयं हि तस्य स्यान्न व्याघ्रान्न च दंतिनः । न च सर्प्पभयं क्वापि भूतप्रेतादिभीर्नहि

Transliteration

nāgnerbhayaṃ hi tasya syānna vyāghrānna ca daṃtinaḥ | na ca sarppabhayaṃ kvāpi bhūtapretādibhīrnahi

Translation

اس کے لیے آگ کا خوف نہیں، نہ شیروں کا، نہ ہاتھیوں کا۔ کہیں بھی سانپوں کا ڈر نہیں، اور نہ ہی بھوت پریت وغیرہ کا۔

Word by Word

• na: not/no
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)

• agner: of fire
• agner: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• bhayam: fear
• bhayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: हेतौ/निश्चये-अव्ययम् (particle: indeed/for)

• tasya: for him/of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचनम् (singular); सर्वनाम

• syāt: would be
• syāt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), एकवचनम् (singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)

• vyāghrāt: from a tiger
• vyāghrāt: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyāghra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• na: nor
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• daṃtinaḥ: from an elephant (tusked one)
• daṃtinaḥ: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: daṃtin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम् (singular)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• sarppabhayam: fear of snakes
• sarppabhayam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarpa (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः (neuter), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचनम् (singular)

• kvāpi: anywhere
• kvāpi: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kva (अव्यय) + api (अव्यय)
• Form: स्थानवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: anywhere)

• bhūtapretādibhiḥ: by/through beings, ghosts, etc.
• bhūtapretādibhiḥ: Karana (Instrument/Agent in passive sense/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक) + preta (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः (masculine), तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम् (plural); ‘ādi’ = समाहार/समुच्चय-सूचक (etc.)

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negation)

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (particle: indeed)

Speaker

Sūta (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Bakulārka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A pilgrim under the Sun’s protective aura: flames subside, tiger and elephant turn away, a serpent coils harmlessly, shadowy bhūtas/pretas dissolve at the edge of light.

Characters & Entities

• Agni
• Vyāghra (tiger)
• Daṃtin (elephant)
• Sarpa (snake)
• Bhūta
• Preta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Tīrtha-based devotion grants fearlessness and protective merit in both seen and unseen dangers.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Bakulārka/Ravikṣetra sacred complex associated with Ravikuṇḍa in Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse continues the promised fruits of Bakulārka devotion; the implied practice is worship/propitiation there.