Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तत्रागतैर्न हंतव्या मानवा दोषवर्जिताः । मंत्रसंरक्षितांगाश्च तथौषधिकृतादराः

Transliteration

tatrāgatairna haṃtavyā mānavā doṣavarjitāḥ | maṃtrasaṃrakṣitāṃgāśca tathauṣadhikṛtādarāḥ

Translation

جو انسان وہاں پہنچیں اور گناہ سے پاک ہوں، انہیں قتل نہ کیا جائے؛ کیونکہ ان کے اعضا منتر کے تحفظ میں ہیں اور دوا دارو سے ان کی مناسب خدمت کی جاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण

• आगतैः: by those who have come
• आगतैः: Karana (Instrument/Agent/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचन; ‘आगतैः (जनैः)’ इति

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

• हन्तव्याः: to be killed (must not be killed)
• हन्तव्याः: Kriya (Prohibition predicate/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: हन् (धातु) + तव्यत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: भाव्यकृदन्त (Gerundive/तव्यत्), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भाव (to be killed)

• मानवाः: humans/men
• मानवाः: Karman (Object in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• दोषवर्जिताः: free from faults
• दोषवर्जिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दोष + वर्जित (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; ‘दोषैः वर्जिताः’ इति तृतीया-तत्पुरुष (free from faults)

• मन्त्रसंरक्षिताङ्गाः: whose limbs are protected by mantras
• मन्त्रसंरक्षिताङ्गाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मन्त्र + संरक्षित + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि—‘मन्त्रेण संरक्षितानि अङ्गानि येषाम्’

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (in like manner/also)

• औषधिकृतादराः: having respect/attention due to medicines (herbal rites)
• औषधिकृतादराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: औषधि + कृत + आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहि—‘औषधिभिः कृतः आदरः येषाम्’ (having regard produced by medicines)

Speaker

Brahmā (contextual continuation of 'Brahmovāca')

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Cāmatkārapura-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nāgas / stakeholders of the kṣetra order

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims enter a sacred grove/settlement; invisible mantra-guards form a protective aura around them, while healers prepare herbal medicines; nāga symbols appear as benign guardians rather than threats.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Mānava (humans)
• Mantra
• Auṣadhi (medicines)
• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

A tīrtha is a zone of protection and restraint: non-violence toward the innocent is mandated as sacred law.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The instruction pertains to the Nāgas’ sacred area on earth (contextually the Cāmatkārapura-kṣetra) where visitors are to be protected.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Mantra-protection and medicinal care are referenced as means of safeguarding visitors; the verse implies sanctified protection practices at the kṣetra.