Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

एवं दुर्विषयासक्तं मत्तं पानरतं सदा । यौवनेपि महारोगा विविशुर्यक्ष्मकादयः

Transliteration

evaṃ durviṣayāsaktaṃ mattaṃ pānarataṃ sadā | yauvanepi mahārogā viviśuryakṣmakādayaḥ

Translation

So, den niederen Vergnügungen verfallen, berauscht und dem Trank ergeben, drangen schon in der Jugend schwere Krankheiten in mich ein, beginnend mit der Schwindsucht.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb (“thus/in this manner”)

• दुर्विषयासक्तम्: attached to bad sense-objects
• दुर्विषयासक्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुर् (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + विषय (प्रातिपदिक) + आसक्त (कृदन्त, √सञ्ज्/सज् ‘to cling’ → आसक्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कृदन्त-विशेषण (भूतकृदन्त/क्त) = neuter nom/acc sg; समासः: दुर्विषय-आसक्त (तत्पुरुष)

• मत्तम्: intoxicated
• मत्तम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मत्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन = neuter nom/acc sg

• पानरतम्: devoted to drinking
• पानरतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पान (प्रातिपदिक) + रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन = neuter nom/acc sg; समासः: पान-रत (तत्पुरुष)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण) = indeclinable adverb of time (“always”)

• यौवने: in youth
• यौवने: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यौवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन = locative singular (“in youth”)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात) = particle (“even/also”)

• महारोगाः: great diseases
• महारोगाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन = masculine nominative plural; समासः: महा-रोग (कर्मधारय)

• विविशुः: entered
• विविशुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √विश् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन = perfect, 3rd person plural (“entered”)

• यक्ष्मकादयः: yakṣmaka etc. (consumption and the like)
• यक्ष्मकादयः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यक्ष्मक (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन = masculine nominative plural; समासः: यक्ष्मक-आदयः (तत्पुरुष; “yakṣmaka and others”)

Speaker

Unknown (a male narrator confessing misdeeds; not identifiable from snippet alone)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A young man in a palace-like setting, eyes glazed from drink, surrounded by wine vessels; shadowy personifications of disease (yakṣmā etc.) creep into his body as dark vapors.

Characters & Entities

• yakṣmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Addiction and indulgence in harmful pleasures quickly manifest as suffering—both bodily disease and moral decline.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is named.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it serves as a cautionary account.