Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 40

Devanagari script

रोगादिमरणं नास्ति यमो धर्मेण पीडितः

Transliteration

rogādimaraṇaṃ nāsti yamo dharmeṇa pīḍitaḥ

Translation

രോഗാദികളാൽ മരണം ഇല്ല; ധർമ്മത്തിന്റെ ശക്തിയാൽ യമനും പീഡിതനായി നിയന്ത്രിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു.

Word by Word

• रोग-आदि-मरणम्: death beginning with disease (i.e., disease etc. and death)
• रोग-आदि-मरणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रोग (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negative particle)

• अस्ति: exists
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• यमः: Yama (lord of death)
• यमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• धर्मेण: by dharma/righteousness
• धर्मेण: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पीडितः: afflicted/overpowered
• पीडितः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पीड् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय, भूतकर्मणि/PPP); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (यमः)

Speaker

Nārada (contextual, descriptive continuation)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śaunaka and sages (implied)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Personified Dharma stands radiant like a guardian; Yama with staff/noose is halted at the boundary of the kṣetra; behind Dharma, healthy pilgrims and sages perform rites; the atmosphere is luminous and fear-free.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Dharma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Righteousness is portrayed as a protective power that even death’s authority cannot overrun.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Within Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya, this functions as a māhātmya-style assurance of safety and well-being.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is named; the emphasis is on Dharma as the operative force.