Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 40
Devanagari script
तृष्णा हि सर्वपापिष्ठा नित्योद्वेगकरी मता । अधर्मबहुला चैव घोररूपानुबंधिनी
Transliteration
tṛṣṇā hi sarvapāpiṣṭhā nityodvegakarī matā | adharmabahulā caiva ghorarūpānubaṃdhinī
Translation
渇愛（tṛṣṇā）は、あらゆる罪のうち最も罪深いものと見なされ、常に不安を生む。そこには非道（adharma）が満ち、恐るべき結果が伴う。
Word by Word
तृष्णाcraving, thirst (desire)
तृष्णा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतृष्णा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
हिindeed, for
हि:
Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootहि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle/emphasis)
सर्वपापिष्ठाmost sinful of all
सर्वपापिष्ठा:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व + पापिष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (superlative: ‘most sinful’)
नित्योद्वेगकरीcausing constant agitation
नित्योद्वेगकरी:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनित्य + उद्वेग + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
मताconsidered (to be)
मता:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमन् (धातु) → मत (कृदन्त/PPP)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), ‘considered/held to be’
अधर्मबहुलाabounding in unrighteousness
अधर्मबहुला:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootअधर्म + बहुल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
एवcertainly, indeed
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)
घोररूपानुबंधिनीattended by dreadful forms (having dreadful consequences)
घोररूपानुबंधिनी:
Visheshana (Adjective/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootघोर + रूप + अनुबन्धिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण
Speaker
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A contemplative ascetic or pilgrim stands at a Śaiva tīrtha, seeing a shadowy figure of ‘Tṛṣṇā’ as a dark, restless presence causing agitation; behind, a serene liṅga and calm waters symbolize śānti.
FAQs
Insatiable craving is a root of sin and distress; it multiplies adharma and brings painful outcomes.
No site is praised here; the focus is moral psychology within dharma teaching.
No ritual is stated; the instruction is to abandon tṛṣṇā through self-discipline.