Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

अयं च सात्त्विको दोषो मदादस्माद्विनश्यति । आवर्त इव तोयस्य जनावर्ते यदाकुलः

Transliteration

ayaṃ ca sāttviko doṣo madādasmādvinaśyati | āvarta iva toyasya janāvarte yadākulaḥ

Translation

ഇതും സാത്ത്വിക ദോഷമാണ്; ഇതിൽ നിന്നുയരുന്ന മദം (അഹങ്കാരം) അതിനെ നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. ജലത്തിലെ ചുഴിപോലെ, പ്രവാഹങ്ങളുടെ കൂട്ട-ആവർത്തത്തിൽ കലങ്ങുന്നതുപോലെ.

Word by Word

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• सात्त्विकः: sāttvika
• सात्त्विकः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सात्त्विक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• दोषः: fault / defect
• दोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• मदात्: from intoxication / pride
• मदात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन

• अस्मात्: from this
• अस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• विनश्यति: perishes
• विनश्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नश् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• आवर्तः: whirlpool / eddy
• आवर्तः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• इव: like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमा-वाचक अव्यय (comparative particle)

• तोयस्य: of water
• तोयस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तोय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• जनावर्ते: in the whirlpool of people (crowd-tumult)
• जनावर्ते: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन + आवर्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (जनानाम् आवर्तः)

• यदा: when
• यदा: Sambandha (Time/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• आकुलः: agitated / confused
• आकुलः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आकुल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced for Māheśvarakhaṇḍa narrative frame)

Characters & Entities

• Āvarta

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Subtle spiritual states can turn turbulent through ego, pulling the mind into agitation like an eddy in water.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is praised; the imagery is illustrative, not geographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a cautionary description aimed at inner discipline and steadiness.