Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 99

Devanagari script

तस्माद्व्याधिमयं ज्ञेयं शरीरमिदमात्मनः । रोगैर्नानाविधैर्यांति देहे दुःखान्यनेकशः

Transliteration

tasmādvyādhimayaṃ jñeyaṃ śarīramidamātmanaḥ | rogairnānāvidhairyāṃti dehe duḥkhānyanekaśaḥ

Translation

Darum soll man erkennen, dass dieser eigene Körper von Krankheit durchdrungen ist; durch vielerlei Leiden entstehen im Leib unzählige Schmerzen.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपेण प्रयुक्तम्; अव्ययीभाववत् वाक्योपपद (therefore)

• व्याधिमयम्: consisting of disease
• व्याधिमयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक) + मयट् (तद्धित) → व्याधिमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (शरीरम्)

• ज्ञेयम्: to be known
• ज्ञेयम्: Kriya (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √ज्ञा (धातु) → ज्ञेय (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तव्यत्/अनीयर्-अर्थे (gerundive: 'to be known'); विधेय-विशेषणम्

• शरीरम्: body
• शरीरम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता) विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; विशेषणम् (शरीरम्)

• आत्मनः: of the self
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• रोगैः: by diseases
• रोगैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• नानाविधैः: of various kinds
• नानाविधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण) विशेषण
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाना (अव्यय) + विध (प्रातिपदिक) → नानाविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; समासः—नाना-विध (कर्मधारय: 'various kinds'); विशेषणम् (रोगैः)

• यान्ति: come/occur
• यान्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• देहे: in the body
• देहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; अधिकरणे (locative)

• दुःखानि: sufferings
• दुःखानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• अनेकशः: in many ways/repeatedly
• अनेकशः: Sambandha (Adverbial/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनेकशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A human figure surrounded by faint silhouettes of ailments (fever, cough, pain) like shadows; above, a calm lamp of dharma burns steadily, suggesting refuge beyond bodily duḥkha.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Seeing the body as inherently vulnerable to illness encourages detachment and a turn toward dharma and liberation.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred geography is invoked in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an instruction in right understanding (jñāna) about embodiment.