Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

प्राणायामेन युक्तेन सर्वव्याधिक्षयोभवेत् । अयुक्ताभ्यासयोगेन सर्वव्याधिसमुद्भवः

Transliteration

prāṇāyāmena yuktena sarvavyādhikṣayobhavet | ayuktābhyāsayogena sarvavyādhisamudbhavaḥ

Translation

യുക്തമായ പ്രാണായാമം ചെയ്താൽ എല്ലാ രോഗങ്ങളും ക്ഷയിക്കുന്നു; അയോഗ്യമായ അഭ്യാസയോഗം ചെയ്താൽ എല്ലാ രോഗങ്ങളും ഉദ്ഭവിക്കുന്നു.

Word by Word

• प्राणायामेन: by prāṇāyāma (breath-control)
• प्राणायामेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण + आयाम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (restraint of prāṇa)

• युक्तेन: properly practiced; disciplined
• युक्तेन: Visheshana (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: युक्त (युज् धातु → क्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; विशेषण (qualifying प्राणायामेन)

• सर्वव्याधिक्षयः: cessation of all diseases
• सर्वव्याधिक्षयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + व्याधि + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (destruction of all diseases)

• भवेत्: would occur; may happen
• भवेत्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अयुक्ताभ्यासयोगेन: by undisciplined practice-yoga
• अयुक्ताभ्यासयोगेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अयुक्त + अभ्यास + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (yoga of improper practice)

• सर्वव्याधिसमुद्भवः: arising of all diseases
• सर्वव्याधिसमुद्भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + व्याधि + समुद्भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative); एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (arising of all diseases)

Speaker

Skanda

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Two-panel didactic scene: left shows a calm yogin practicing measured breathing with a steady flame and balanced posture; right shows a strained practitioner with disturbed aura and scattered herbs/medical tools, indicating ailments from wrong practice.

Characters & Entities

• Kāśī
• Prāṇāyāma
• Vyādhi (disease)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Discipline must be guided and proportionate; right practice heals and supports dharma, wrong practice harms.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī is the textual setting; the verse is a practical caution within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa’s teaching.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is to perform prāṇāyāma in a ‘yukta’ (regulated, correct) manner and avoid unregulated overexertion.