Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
अजेयः सर्वदेवानां त्वत्प्रसादादहं विभो । यथा भवामि संग्रामे त्वां विहाय तथा कुरु
ajeyaḥ sarvadevānāṃ tvatprasādādahaṃ vibho | yathā bhavāmi saṃgrāme tvāṃ vihāya tathā kuru
اے قادرِ مطلق! تیرے فضل سے میں تمام دیوتاؤں کے لیے ناقابلِ شکست ہوں۔ ایسا کر دے کہ جنگ میں، تیرے بغیر (تیری براہِ راست حضوری کے بغیر) بھی میں ویسا ہی رہوں۔
A boon-seeker (male, unnamed in this snippet) addressing Tripurāntaka (Śiva)
Listener: Śiva (Tripurāntaka)
Scene: A devotee addresses Śiva with folded hands, requesting invincibility that remains even without Śiva’s direct presence; Śiva’s calm gaze suggests measured granting with ethical constraints.
FAQs
Power sought without continued dependence on the divine can become spiritually dangerous; the verse illustrates the desire for autonomous invincibility.
None is named in this shloka; it is part of a mythic explanatory segment within the Māhātmya.
No ritual is prescribed; it is a direct request for a boon (vara).