Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33
Devanagari script
स्नेहाच्च सज्जनो नित्यं जन्तुर्दुःखमुपैति च । स्नेहमूलानि दुःखानि स्नेहजानि भायानि च
Transliteration
snehācca sajjano nityaṃ janturduḥkhamupaiti ca | snehamūlāni duḥkhāni snehajāni bhāyāni ca
Translation
আসক্তির কারণে সজ্জন ব্যক্তিও জীব হিসেবে নিত্য দুঃখে পতিত হয়; দুঃখের মূল আসক্তি, আর ভয়ও আসক্তি থেকেই জন্মায়।
Word by Word
स्नेहात्from attachment
स्नेहात्:
Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्ययम्
सज्जनःa good person
सज्जनः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसज्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचनम् (adverbial accusative)
जन्तुःa creature, being
जन्तुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन
दुःखम्suffering
दुःखम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन
उपैतिattains, comes to
उपैति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप + इ (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्ययम्
स्नेहमूलानिhaving attachment as their root
स्नेहमूलानि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्नेह (प्रातिपदिक) + मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (येषां मूलं स्नेहः) विशेषणम् (दुःखानि)
दुःखानिsufferings
दुःखानि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन
स्नेहजानिborn of attachment
स्नेहजानि:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्नेह (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त) / जन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्नेहात् जातानि) विशेषणम् (भयानि)
भयानिfears
भयानि:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootभय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन
चand
च:
Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्ययम्
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A noble person (sajjana) is shown bound by a soft but tightening cord labeled ‘sneha’; from it sprout dark shapes of ‘duḥkha’ and ‘bhaya’—illustrating how attachment births sorrow and fear.
FAQs
Virtue alone does not prevent grief if attachment remains; fear and sorrow dissolve as clinging is reduced.
No sacred site is referenced in this verse.
No ritual instruction appears; the verse offers ethical-psychological insight.