Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
व्याधिभिर्नाभिभूयंते नो पसर्गैश्च कैश्चन । शोकाग्निना न दह्यंते ह्यरुणादित्यसेवनात्
Transliteration
vyādhibhirnābhibhūyaṃte no pasargaiśca kaiścana | śokāgninā na dahyaṃte hyaruṇādityasevanāt
Translation
بخدمة أروناديتيا لا تغلبهم الأمراض ولا تصيبهم آفة من الآفات؛ ولا يحرقهم لهيب الحزن.
Word by Word
व्याधिभिःby diseases
व्याधिभिः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootव्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)
अभिभूयन्तेare overpowered
अभिभूयन्ते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि + भू (धातु)
Formलट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive sense: ‘are overpowered’)
नnor
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)
उपसर्गैःby afflictions
उपसर्गैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootउपसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)
कैःby any
कैः:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकिम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्; प्रश्न/अनिर्दिष्ट-विशेषणम्
चनat all
चन:
Pratishedha-anubandha (Negation adjunct/निषेधानुबन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootचन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-सम्बद्ध-अव्ययम् (enclitic ‘at all/ever’, used with negatives)
शोकाग्निनाby the fire of grief
शोकाग्निना:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootशोक + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्; (शोकस्य अग्निः)
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)
दह्यन्तेare burned
दह्यन्ते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootदह् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive: ‘are burned’)
हिindeed
हि:
Hetu-dyotaka (Causal particle/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपातः; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeclinable particle: ‘indeed/because’)
अरुणादित्यसेवनात्from serving Aruṇāditya
अरुणादित्यसेवनात्:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootअरुणादित्य + सेवन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्; हेत्वर्थः (cause)
Speaker
Arka (Sūrya) (context continuation)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Aruṇāditya (Kāśī)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Devotees at Aruṇāditya’s shrine receiving healing: a sick person comforted, a worried pilgrim calmed; the dawn light symbolically burns away the ‘fire of grief’.
Characters & Entities
A
AruṇādityaFAQs
Devotional service purifies the inner life and is praised as a shield against physical suffering and mental grief.
The Aruṇāditya sacred presence in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as narrated in this māhātmya.
Sevā—ongoing devotional service/worship of Aruṇāditya.