Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

यतोऽशुचिशरीरस्य वायुकोपो महान्भवेत् । वायुकोपात्कुष्ठता च जडत्वादीनुपाश्नुते

Transliteration

yato'śuciśarīrasya vāyukopo mahānbhavet | vāyukopātkuṣṭhatā ca jaḍatvādīnupāśnute

Translation

Car chez celui dont le corps est impur, s’élève une grande aggravation du vāyu (l’humeur du vent) ; et de ce dérèglement du vāyu naissent des afflictions telles que le kuṣṭha (lèpre) et la torpeur, l’engourdissement (jāḍya), et autres maux.

Word by Word

• यतः: because
• यतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेतुवाचक (causal indeclinable: because/for)

• अशुचिशरीरस्य: of an impure body
• अशुचिशरीरस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशुचि + शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; ‘अशुचि शरीरम्’ इति कर्मधारय; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• वायुकोपः: aggravation of vāyu (wind)
• वायुकोपः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु + कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्तृपदम्

• महान्: great, severe
• महान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘वायुकोपः’ इति विशेषणम्

• भवेत्: may arise, would occur
• भवेत्: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• वायुकोपात्: from vāyu-aggravation
• वायुकोपात्: Apādāna (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वायु + कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; अपादान (ablative: from)

• कुष्ठता: leprosy (state of kuṣṭha)
• कुष्ठता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुष्ठता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• जडत्वादीन्: dullness and other (conditions)
• जडत्वादीन्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जडत्व + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन; ‘जडत्वम् आदि येषाम्’ (etc. like dullness)

• उपाश्नुते: attains, undergoes
• उपाश्नुते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + अश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa narrative convention)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher gestures in caution while a practitioner with an unclean aura is shown suffering imbalance—wind motifs swirling, contrasted with a purified practitioner calm and steady.

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purity and disciplined living are presented as prerequisites for yogic progress; impurity leads to disorder of vital forces and consequent suffering.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; the emphasis is on yogic bodily purity as a dharmic foundation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is prescribed here; it sets up the need for purification before practices like prāṇāyāma.