Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32
Devanagari script
प्रशांते मानसे ह्यस्य शारीरमुपशाम्ति । मनसो दुःखमूलं तु स्नेह इत्युपलभ्यते
Transliteration
praśāṃte mānase hyasya śārīramupaśāmti | manaso duḥkhamūlaṃ tu sneha ityupalabhyate
Translation
Quand l’esprit d’un homme devient paisible, l’affliction du corps s’apaise aussi. Et l’on reconnaît que la racine de la souffrance mentale est l’attachement (sneha).
Word by Word
प्रशान्तेwhen (it is) calmed
प्रशान्ते:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + शम् (धातु) → प्रशान्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषणम् (मानसे)
मानसेin the mind
मानसे:
Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमानस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन
हिindeed
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपातः (emphatic particle)
अस्यof this (person)
अस्य:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
शारीरम्the bodily (ailment/state)
शारीरम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशारीर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन
उपशाम्यतिsubsides, becomes calm
उपशाम्यति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप + शम् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
मनसःof the mind
मनसः:
Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमनस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन
दुःखमूलम्the root of suffering
दुःखमूलम्:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootदुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (दुःखस्य मूलम्)
तुbut/indeed
तु:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपातः (contrast/emphasis)
स्नेहःattachment, affection
स्नेहः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Quotation marker/इति)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/इत्यर्थक-अव्ययम् (quotative particle)
उपलभ्यतेis perceived/recognized
उपलभ्यते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootउप + लभ् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive sense)
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A calm meditator’s body is shown cooling and healing as the mind-lake becomes still; a vine labeled ‘sneha’ is seen entangling the heart, identified as the root of suffering.
FAQs
Attachment is identified as the seed of mental sorrow; calming the mind through detachment brings relief even to the body.
No tīrtha is praised in this verse.
None explicitly; it points to inner detachment and mental pacification.