Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23

Devanagari script

व्याधिभिर्नाभिभूयंते नो पसर्गैश्च कैश्चन । शोकाग्निना न दह्यंते ह्यरुणादित्यसेवनात्

Transliteration

vyādhibhirnābhibhūyaṃte no pasargaiśca kaiścana | śokāgninā na dahyaṃte hyaruṇādityasevanāt

Translation

അരുണാദിത്യസേവനത്താൽ അവർ രോഗങ്ങളാൽ കീഴടക്കപ്പെടുകയില്ല; യാതൊരു ഉപദ്രവവും അവരെ പീഡിപ്പിക്കുകയില്ല; ശോകാഗ്നിയും അവരെ ദഹിപ്പിക്കുകയില്ല।

Word by Word

• व्याधिभिः: by diseases
• व्याधिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)

• अभिभूयन्ते: are overpowered
• अभिभूयन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अभि + भू (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive sense: ‘are overpowered’)

• न: nor
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)

• उपसर्गैः: by afflictions
• उपसर्गैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: उपसर्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• कैः: by any
• कैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), बहुवचनम्; प्रश्न/अनिर्दिष्ट-विशेषणम्

• चन: at all
• चन: Pratishedha-anubandha (Negation adjunct/निषेधानुबन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चन (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-सम्बद्ध-अव्ययम् (enclitic ‘at all/ever’, used with negatives)

• शोकाग्निना: by the fire of grief
• शोकाग्निना: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक + अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचनम्; (शोकस्य अग्निः)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्ययम् (negative particle)

• दह्यन्ते: are burned
• दह्यन्ते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), प्रथम-पुरुषः (3rd person), बहुवचनम्; आत्मनेपदम्; कर्मणि-प्रयोगः (passive: ‘are burned’)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Hetu-dyotaka (Causal particle/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपातः; हेत्वर्थ/निश्चयार्थ (indeclinable particle: ‘indeed/because’)

• अरुणादित्यसेवनात्: from serving Aruṇāditya
• अरुणादित्यसेवनात्: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अरुणादित्य + सेवन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (Ablative/5th), एकवचनम्; हेत्वर्थः (cause)

Speaker

Arka (Sūrya) (context continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Aruṇāditya (Kāśī)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devotees at Aruṇāditya’s shrine receiving healing: a sick person comforted, a worried pilgrim calmed; the dawn light symbolically burns away the ‘fire of grief’.

Characters & Entities

• Aruṇāditya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional service purifies the inner life and is praised as a shield against physical suffering and mental grief.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Aruṇāditya sacred presence in Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as narrated in this māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Sevā—ongoing devotional service/worship of Aruṇāditya.