Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

सर्पनाशाय यस्तत्र सार्पसूक्तं जपेन्नरः । न तस्य मंदिरे सर्पाः प्रविशंति कथंचन

Transliteration

sarpanāśāya yastatra sārpasūktaṃ japennaraḥ | na tasya maṃdire sarpāḥ praviśaṃti kathaṃcana

Translation

سانپوں کے خاتمے کے لیے جو شخص وہاں سارپ سوکت کا جپ کرے، اس کے گھر میں سانپ کسی طرح بھی داخل نہیں ہوتے۔

Word by Word

• sarpa-nāśāya: for the destruction of snakes
• sarpa-nāśāya: Sampradana (Purpose/Dative/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarpa (प्रातिपदिक) + nāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; समासः—सर्पाणां नाशः तस्मै (purpose)

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकः

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: there)

• sārpa-sūktam: the serpent-hymn
• sārpa-sūktam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sārpa (प्रातिपदिक) + sūkta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—सार्पं (सर्पसम्बन्धि) तत् सूक्तम्

• japet: should recite
• japet: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jap (जप्)
• Form: विधिलिङ्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• naraḥ: a man
• naraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

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

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• mandire: in (his) house/temple
• mandire: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mandira (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• sarpāḥ: snakes
• sarpāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• praviśanti: enter
• praviśanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √viś (विश्)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्; उपसर्गः—प्र

• kathaṃcana: in any manner (at all)
• kathaṃcana: Sambandha (Emphasis/प्रबलन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kathaṃcana (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-प्रबलक-अव्यय (in any way/at all)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha-māhātmya narration style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee recites near a sacred spot; a coiled serpent at the threshold turns away, unable to enter a house marked by sacred signs; a protective aura surrounds the doorway.

Characters & Entities

• Sārpa-sūkta
• Sarpa (snakes)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Faithful japa performed at a sanctified tīrtha is portrayed as a dharmic means of protection and well-being.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A tīrtha within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya (the verse refers to ‘there’—tatra—within that pilgrimage context).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Japa (repetition) of the Sārpa-sūkta at the tīrtha for warding off serpents from one’s home.