Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27

Devanagari script

एते ते व्याधयः सर्वे मया यम नियोजिताः । साहाय्यं च करिष्यंति सर्वकृ त्येषु सर्वदा

Transliteration

ete te vyādhayaḥ sarve mayā yama niyojitāḥ | sāhāyyaṃ ca kariṣyaṃti sarvakṛ tyeṣu sarvadā

Translation

«Ô Yama, toutes ces afflictions ont été établies par moi pour toi. Elles t’apporteront toujours leur aide dans toutes tes œuvres.»

Word by Word

• एते: these
• एते: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (सर्वनाम)

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन (सर्वनाम)

• व्याधयः: diseases
• व्याधयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (Instrument/Agentive means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन (सर्वनाम)

• यम: O Yama
• यम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन

• नियोजिताः: have been appointed
• नियोजिताः: Kriya (Predicative/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि+युज् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (appointed/assigned)

• साहाय्यम्: help, assistance
• साहाय्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साहाय्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (समुच्चय/and)

• करिष्यन्ति: will do
• करिष्यन्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन, परस्मैपद

• सर्वकृत्येषु: in all tasks
• सर्वकृत्येषु: Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व-कृत्य (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; कर्मधारय (सर्वाणि कृत्यानि)

• सर्वदा: always
• सर्वदा: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (कालवाचक adverb)

Speaker

Brahmā

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Yama (Dharmarāja)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā reassures Yama: a host of personified ailments stand ready as orderly attendants, symbolizing structured cosmic governance rather than chaos.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Yama (Dharmarāja)
• Vyādhayaḥ (Diseases)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The universe is portrayed as ordered: even disease functions as an instrument supporting dharma and the timing of death.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it explains cosmic delegation rather than prescribing a rite.