Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

नास्ति मृत्युसमस्रासः सर्वेषामपि देहिनाम् । सद्भार्यापुत्रमित्राणि राज्यैश्वर्यसुखानि च

Transliteration

nāsti mṛtyusamasrāsaḥ sarveṣāmapi dehinām | sadbhāryāputramitrāṇi rājyaiśvaryasukhāni ca

Translation

Pour tous les êtres incarnés, nulle terreur n’égale la mort—fût-on entouré d’une épouse vertueuse, d’enfants, d’amis, et des plaisirs du royaume et de l’opulence.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस्, धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mṛtyu-sama-srāsaḥ: terror equal to death
• mṛtyu-sama-srāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + srāsa (स्रास, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (mṛtyunā samaḥ srāsaḥ = 'fear/terror equal to death')

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• dehinām: of embodied beings
• dehinām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dehin (देहिन्, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• sad-bhāryā-putra-mitrāṇi: good wife, sons, and friends
• sad-bhāryā-putra-mitrāṇi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (सद्, प्रातिपदिक) + bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक) + mitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (good wife, sons, and friends)

• rājya-aiśvarya-sukhāni: kingdom, power, and pleasures
• rājya-aiśvarya-sukhāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक) + aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (kingdom, sovereignty, pleasures)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prosperous household and royal court—wife, children, friends, treasury—stand powerless as a shadow of Death falls equally over all.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly securities—family, friendship, and power—do not conquer mortality; lasting refuge lies in Dharma and spiritual pursuit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the verse is a universal reflection within the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse contrasts worldly happiness with the inescapability of death.