Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 75

Devanagari script

वातपित्तादि जनितास्तथा च विषमज्वराः । दूरादेव पलायंते श्रुत्वा स्तुतिमिमां शुभाम्

Transliteration

vātapittādi janitāstathā ca viṣamajvarāḥ | dūrādeva palāyaṃte śrutvā stutimimāṃ śubhām

Translation

Krankheiten, die aus Vāta, Pitta und dergleichen entstehen, und selbst unregelmäßige oder heftige Fieber — beim Hören dieses glückverheißenden Lobgesangs fliehen sie schon aus der Ferne.

Word by Word

• वात-पित्त-आदि: wind, bile, etc. (doṣas)
• वात-पित्त-आदि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वात (प्रातिपदिक) + पित्त (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular); समाहार-द्वन्द्वः (collective)

• जनिताः: caused; produced
• जनिताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जनि (धातु) / जनय् (णिजन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural); क्तान्त-विशेषणम् (produced/caused)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: प्रकारवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb: likewise)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• विषम-ज्वराः: irregular fevers
• विषम-ज्वराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विषम (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• दूरात्: from far away
• दूरात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दूर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-प्रयोगे अव्ययीभाववत् (ablatival adverb: from afar)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• पलायन्ते: flee away
• पलायन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पलाय् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथमपुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम् (Plural); आत्मनेपदम्

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययम् (gerund/absolutive), पूर्वकालिकक्रिया (having heard)

• स्तुतिम्: praise; hymn
• स्तुतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• इमाम्: this
• इमाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम् (Singular); विशेषणम्

• शुभाम्: auspicious
• शुभाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः (Accusative), एकवचनम् (Singular); विशेषणम्

Speaker

Durgā (Devī)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Devī-stuti as ārogya-śānti)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devotee/practitioner; also household audience listening to the phala-śruti

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified diseases—vāta/pitta disorders and severe fevers—are shown fleeing at a distance upon hearing the auspicious hymn, while the devotee sits in calm devotion under Devī’s grace.

Characters & Entities

• Durgā
• Vāta
• Pitta
• Jvara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Auspicious sacred sound (stuti/śravaṇa) is presented as a purifier that drives away suffering and disease.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The hymn’s power is taught within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa narrative framework associated with Kāśī’s sanctity.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Hearing (or reciting so it is heard) this auspicious stuti is itself described as efficacious.