Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

भूतैर्वापि पिशाचैर्वा चातुर्थिकज्वरेण वा । गृहीतोऽस्माहकं गच्छेत्सर्वेषामाधिनाशनम्

Transliteration

bhūtairvāpi piśācairvā cāturthikajvareṇa vā | gṛhīto'smāhakaṃ gacchetsarveṣāmādhināśanam

Translation

ไม่ว่าจะถูกภูตหรือปิศาจครอบงำ หรือถูกไข้จับสั่นชนิดกำเริบทุกวันที่สี่—ผู้ทุกข์ยากพึงไปยังสถานที่นี้; ที่นี่ทำลายโรคาพาธของคนทั้งปวง

Word by Word

• भूतैः: by spirits/beings
• भूतैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Samuccaya/Vikalpa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Emphasis/Addition
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• पिशाचैः: by piśācas (goblins)
• पिशाचैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पिशाच (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Samuccaya/Vikalpa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात

• चातुर्थिकज्वरेण: by quartan fever
• चातुर्थिकज्वरेण: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चातुर्थिक + ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (चातुर्थिकः ज्वरः); पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Samuccaya/Vikalpa
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक निपात

• गृहीतः: seized/possessed
• गृहीतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ग्रह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अस्माकम्: of us/our
• अस्माकम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), बहुवचन; सर्वनाम

• गच्छेत्: should go
• गच्छेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक/स्त्री (सामान्य), षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन

• आधि: affliction/disease
• आधि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग; (समासाङ्ग)

• नाशनम्: destroyer/removal
• नाशनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाशन (प्रातिपदिक; √नश् + ल्युट्)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; (समासोत्तरपद)

Speaker

Unspecified in snippet (Revākhaṇḍa narrator; ‘our place’ indicates a locally glorified kṣetra/tīrtha within Revā region)

Characters & Entities

• Bhūtas
• Piśācas
• Cāturthika Jvara (quartan fever)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pilgrimage is presented as therapeutic: sacred places are credited with removing both supernatural afflictions and physical disease.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A specific ‘our place’ tirtha within Revā-kṣetra is praised, but the exact name is not present in the provided excerpt.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The prescription is to go/approach the sacred place (tīrtha/kṣetra) as a remedy for possession or fever.