Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

ईर्ष्यया सुमहद्दुःखं मोहाद्रक्तस्य जायते । मत्तस्य कुपितस्यैव रागो दोषाय केवलम्

Transliteration

īrṣyayā sumahadduḥkhaṃ mohādraktasya jāyate | mattasya kupitasyaiva rāgo doṣāya kevalam

Translation

Aus Eifersucht entsteht übergroßes Leid für den, dessen Geist von Verblendung gefärbt ist. Für den Berauschten und den Zornigen wird Leidenschaft nur zum Makel — sonst nichts.

Word by Word

• īrṣyayā: by jealousy
• īrṣyayā: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: īrṣyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन

• su-mahat-duḥkham: very great suffering
• su-mahat-duḥkham: Karma/Predicative (Object or predicate/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su (अव्यय-उपसर्ग) + mahat (प्रातिपदिक) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सु- उपसर्गेण अतिशयः; महत्-दुःखम् कर्मधारयः

• mohāt: from delusion
• mohāt: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: moha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; हेत्वर्थे

• raktasya: of one attached/infatuated
• raktasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: rakta (कृदन्त; √rañj (धातु), क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘रक्त’ = आसक्त/अनुरक्त (genitive: “of one attached/infatuated”)

• jāyate: arises/is born
• jāyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √jan (धा)
• Form: लट् (Present/वर्तमान), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• mattasya: of the intoxicated/deluded one
• mattasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: matta (कृदन्त; √mad (धातु), क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• kupitasya: of the angry one
• kupitasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kupita (कृदन्त; √kup (धातु), क्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• eva: indeed/only
• eva: Sambandha/Emphasis particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle: “only/indeed”)

• rāgaḥ: passion/attachment
• rāgaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• doṣāya: for harm/as a fault
• doṣāya: Sampradana (Recipient/Goal/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/चतुर्थी), एकवचन; प्रयोजन/फलार्थे (dative: “for harm/fault”)

• kevalam: merely/only
• kevalam: Sambandha/Emphasis (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kevala (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभाववत्)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण/निपात (adverb: “merely/only”)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: An allegorical tableau: a person tormented by a serpent-like Jealousy coiling around the heart; nearby, figures of Intoxication and Anger fan the flames; in the background, a calm Śaiva/Kaumāra symbol (liṅga/vel) cools the scene with moonlight-like serenity.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Jealousy and delusion breed misery; when the mind is intoxicated or angry, attachment turns into pure defect—hence the need for restraint and clarity.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a moral diagnosis of inner poisons (īrṣyā, moha, krodha, rāga).