Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

मन्त्रौषधियुजां पुंसां न पीडामाचरिष्यति । संप्राप्स्यति परां पूजां समस्ते जगतीतले

Transliteration

mantrauṣadhiyujāṃ puṃsāṃ na pīḍāmācariṣyati | saṃprāpsyati parāṃ pūjāṃ samaste jagatītale

Translation

他不会加害于具足真言与药法之人；并将于遍满大地之上获得至高的敬奉与礼赞。

Word by Word

• mantra-auṣadhi-yujām: of those who use mantras and medicines
• mantra-auṣadhi-yujām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक) + auṣadhi (प्रातिपदिक) + yuj (√yuj, युज्) (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; युज्-शब्दः (युज्/युज्-प्रातिपदिक) 'one who employs'; द्वन्द्व: मन्त्र + औषधि; समासान्त-सम्बन्ध: 'of those who employ mantras and medicines'

• puṃsām: of men; of persons
• puṃsām: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pumān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

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

• pīḍām: harm; affliction
• pīḍām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• ācariṣyati: will practice; will inflict
• ācariṣyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√car (चर्) (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: आ

• saṃprāpsyati: will attain; will obtain
• saṃprāpsyati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: saṃ-√prāp (प्राप्) (धातu)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; उपसर्ग: सम्

• parām: supreme; great
• parām: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण

• pūjām: worship; honor
• pūjām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pūjā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• samaste: in the whole; entire
• samaste: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: samasta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; विशेषण (in the entire...)

• jagatī-tale: on the world's surface
• jagatī-tale: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagatī (प्रातिपदिक) + tala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'on the surface of the world/earth'

Speaker

Pitāmaha (Brahmā)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dignified nāga-being is foretold to be non-harmful to the mantra-and-medicine-equipped and to receive supreme worship across the earth; imagery balances protective ritual tools with the serpent’s sanctified presence.

Characters & Entities

• Pitāmaha (Brahmā)
• Nāgas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma includes non-harm and regulated power; spiritual discipline (mantra) and right knowledge (medicine) are portrayed as safeguards.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse indicates widespread honor; the concrete locale of practice is specified next as Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied: mantra-prayoga and auṣadhi-yoga as traditional protections; explicit ritual directions are not detailed in this verse.