Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 25

Devanagari script

आमया भुवि मर्त्यानां क्षयरोगविचर्चिकाः । व्याधयो विकृताकाराः कासश्वासज्वरोद्भवाः

Transliteration

āmayā bhuvi martyānāṃ kṣayarogavicarcikāḥ | vyādhayo vikṛtākārāḥ kāsaśvāsajvarodbhavāḥ

Translation

Sur la terre, parmi les mortels, naissent des maladies : la consomption et les éruptions cutanées, et bien des maux qui déforment le corps, avec la toux, l’essoufflement et les fièvres.

Word by Word

• आमयाः: diseases
• आमयाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• भुवि: on earth
• भुवि: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक: ‘earth’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Locative, Singular)

• मर्त्यानाम्: of mortals
• मर्त्यानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मर्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Genitive, Plural)

• क्षयरोगविचर्चिकाः: consumption-diseases and skin-eruptions (vicarcikā)
• क्षयरोगविचर्चिकाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + रोग (प्रातिपदिक) + विचर्चिका (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Plural); समासः—इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (क्षयरोगाः च विचर्चिकाः च)

• व्याधयः: ailments
• व्याधयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• विकृताकाराः: of distorted form
• विकृताकाराः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विकृत (प्रातिपदिक) + आकार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (विकृतः आकारः येषाम्/येषां ते)

• कासश्वासज्वरोद्भवाः: arising from cough, breathlessness, and fever
• कासश्वासज्वरोद्भवाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कास (प्रातिपदिक) + श्वास (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Masculine, Nominative, Plural); समासः—तत्पुरुष (कास-श्वास-ज्वरात् उद्भवः)

Speaker

Devas (collective) speaking within the Revākhaṇḍa narrative context (speaker not explicitly named in this verse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tableau of suffering mortals: emaciated consumptive, skin eruptions, distorted limbs, coughing and feverish figures—set against the calm, flowing Narmadā, implying the river as refuge.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Human suffering such as disease is acknowledged, and the surrounding passage frames tīrtha-based dharma (especially sacred bathing) as a divinely sanctioned remedy and purifier.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader adhyāya glorifies Devakhāta and related waters in the Revā (Narmadā) region; this verse lists the afflictions addressed.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

This verse itself lists diseases; the immediate context moves toward snāna (sacred bathing) as the practical prescription.