Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

स्नेहाच्च सज्जनो नित्यं जन्तुर्दुःखमुपैति च । स्नेहमूलानि दुःखानि स्नेहजानि भायानि च

Transliteration

snehācca sajjano nityaṃ janturduḥkhamupaiti ca | snehamūlāni duḥkhāni snehajāni bhāyāni ca

Translation

စွဲလမ်းမှုကြောင့် သာမန်ကောင်းမြတ်သူတောင် အမြဲတမ်း ဝမ်းနည်းဒုက္ခသို့ ကျရောက်တတ်သည်။ ဒုက္ခတို့၏ အမြစ်မှာ စွဲလမ်းမှုဖြစ်ပြီး ကြောက်ရွံ့မှုတို့လည်း စွဲလမ်းမှုမှ ပေါက်ဖွားသည်။

Word by Word

• स्नेहात्: from attachment
• स्नेहात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/हेतु/अपादान), एकवचन

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

• सज्जनः: a good person
• सज्जनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सज्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषणरूपेण नपुंसक-एकवचनम् (adverbial accusative)

• जन्तुः: a creature, being
• जन्तुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• दुःखम्: suffering
• दुःखम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• उपैति: attains, comes to
• उपैति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: उप + इ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

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

• स्नेहमूलानि: having attachment as their root
• स्नेहमूलानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक) + मूल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (येषां मूलं स्नेहः) विशेषणम् (दुःखानि)

• दुःखानि: sufferings
• दुःखानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

• स्नेहजानि: born of attachment
• स्नेहजानि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्नेह (प्रातिपदिक) + ज (धातु) → जात (कृदन्त) / जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (स्नेहात् जातानि) विशेषणम् (भयानि)

• भयानि: fears
• भयानि: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), बहुवचन

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

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A noble person (sajjana) is shown bound by a soft but tightening cord labeled ‘sneha’; from it sprout dark shapes of ‘duḥkha’ and ‘bhaya’—illustrating how attachment births sorrow and fear.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Virtue alone does not prevent grief if attachment remains; fear and sorrow dissolve as clinging is reduced.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No sacred site is referenced in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; the verse offers ethical-psychological insight.