Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 5
Devanagari script
तपो विना शुद्धदेहो न कथंचन जायते । असुद्धदेहेन समं संयोगो नैव दैहिकः
Transliteration
tapo vinā śuddhadeho na kathaṃcana jāyate | asuddhadehena samaṃ saṃyogo naiva daihikaḥ
Translation
तपस्या के बिना शुद्ध देह किसी प्रकार उत्पन्न नहीं होती; और अशुद्ध देह के साथ देहिक संयोग कदापि उचित नहीं है।
Word by Word
तपःausterity, penance
तपः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
विनाwithout
विना:
Relation (अपादान/वियोग)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविना (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; वियोग/अभावार्थक उपपद (postposition)
शुद्धदेहःa purified body/person with pure body
शुद्धदेहः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootशुद्ध + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय
कथंचनin any way, at all
कथंचन:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथंचन (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रकारवाचक/निषेध-बलवर्धक (adverb: in any way)
जायतेis born, arises
जायते:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootजन् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
अशुद्धदेहेनwith an impure body
अशुद्धदेहेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअ-शुद्ध + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्मधारय-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन
समम्together with, equally
समम्:
Sambandha/Adverbial (सम्बन्ध/क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्ययप्रयोग (indeclinable use); सहार्थक (with/equally)
संयोगःunion, conjunction
संयोगः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसंयोग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
नnot
न:
Negation (निषेध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक अव्यय
एवindeed, only
एव:
Emphasis (अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; अवधारणार्थक (particle of emphasis)
दैहिकःbodily, physical
दैहिकः:
Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootदैहिक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण (संयोगस्य)
Speaker
Nārada (continuing)
Skanda Dialogue
Listener: Pārtha
Visual Art Cues
Scene: Didactic tableau: the contrast between impure and purified embodiment; tapas depicted as fire of discipline refining the body-mind.
Characters & Entities
T
TapasFAQs
Inner and outer purification through tapas is foundational; without it, relationships and aims lack dharmic stability.
None; this verse is a general dharma-teaching on tapas and purity.
Tapas is emphasized as the means of śuddhi (purification).