Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

हिक्का श्वासश्च कासश्च शिरः कर्णाक्षिवेदनाः भवंति विविधा दोषाः पवनस्य व्यतिक्रमात्

Transliteration

hikkā śvāsaśca kāsaśca śiraḥ karṇākṣivedanāḥ bhavaṃti vividhā doṣāḥ pavanasya vyatikramāt

Translation

الفُواق واضطراب النفس والسعال وآلام الرأس والأذن والعين—تظهر عللٌ شتّى حين يضطرب الهواء الحيويّ ويخرج عن نظامه الحقّ.

Word by Word

• हिक्का: hiccup
• हिक्का: Karta (Member of subject-list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हिक्का (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• श्वासः: breathlessness; dyspnea
• श्वासः: Karta (Member of subject-list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्वास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• कासः: cough
• कासः: Karta (Member of subject-list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordinator/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• शिरः: head (pain/affliction)
• शिरः: Karta (Member of subject-list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन

• कर्णाक्षिवेदनाः: ear- and eye-pains
• कर्णाक्षिवेदनाः: Karta (Member of subject-list/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण + अक्षि + वेदना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन; समाहार/इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व-प्राय (pains of ear and eye)

• भवन्ति: arise; occur
• भवन्ति: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• विविधाः: various
• विविधाः: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन; विशेषण (qualifying दोषाः)

• दोषाः: faults; disorders
• दोषाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन

• पवनस्य: of the wind (vāta/prāṇa)
• पवनस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive); एकवचन

• व्यतिक्रमात्: from transgression; from disturbance
• व्यतिक्रमात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु-अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यति + क्रम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative); एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A practitioner shown with disrupted wind as swirling, jagged lines around chest and head; small vignettes indicate hiccup and cough; a calm teacher gestures to slow down, restoring smooth prāṇa flow.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Pavana (prāṇa)
• Doṣa
• Śvāsa
• Kāsa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Yogic practice must respect the body’s order; disturbing prāṇa leads to suffering and hinders spiritual progress.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader discourse is situated in Kāśī Khaṇḍa; this verse functions as a cautionary health teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite; it warns against ‘vyatikrama’ (mismanagement) of prāṇa during practice.