Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 67

Devanagari script

समस्ताधारविभ्रंशाद्भ्रमाख्यस्तामसो गुणः । एतैर्नाशितयोगाश्च सकला देवयोनयः

Transliteration

samastādhāravibhraṃśādbhramākhyastāmaso guṇaḥ | etairnāśitayogāśca sakalā devayonayaḥ

Translation

सर्व आधारांचा भंग झाला की ‘भ्रम’ नावाचा तामस गुण उत्पन्न होतो. या तामस क्षोभांनी देवयोनित जन्मलेल्यांचाही योग पूर्णतः नष्ट होतो.

Word by Word

• समस्ताधारविभ्रंशात्: from the collapse of all supports
• समस्ताधारविभ्रंशात्: Apadana (Cause/Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: समस्त + आधार + विभ्रंश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (समस्तानाम् आधाराणाम् विभ्रंशः)

• भ्रमाख्यः: named ‘bhrama’
• भ्रमाख्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रम + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः (‘भ्रम’ इति आख्या यस्य)

• तामसः: tamasic
• तामसः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तामस (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण

• गुणः: quality / guna
• गुणः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• एतैः: by these
• एतैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• नाशितयोगाः: whose yoga is destroyed
• नाशितयोगाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाशित (कृदन्त; √नश्/नाशय्) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः (नाशितः योगः येषाम्)

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

• सकलाः: all
• सकलाः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• देवयोनयः: divine wombs/origins (births of gods)
• देवयोनयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (देवानां योनयः)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A grand celestial assembly (deva-yoni) dimming as a fog of tamas descends; pillars (ādhāras) crack and tilt; a yogin’s meditation seat shakes, showing that even heaven can be unstable without inner foundations.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even advanced practitioners must guard against tamasic delusion, because inner instability can collapse yogic attainment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a general yogic-dharmic instruction within the Kaumārikākhaṇḍa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse warns about the guṇa of tamas (delusion) as an obstacle to yoga.