Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

महादारिद्र्यमग्नस्य महापापहतस्य च । महाशोकविनष्टस्य महारोगातुरस्य च

Transliteration

mahādāridryamagnasya mahāpāpahatasya ca | mahāśokavinaṣṭasya mahārogāturasya ca

Translation

(โปรดเมตตา) ผู้ที่จมอยู่ในความยากจนใหญ่หลวง และผู้ที่ถูกบาปหนักทำร้าย; ผู้ที่พินาศด้วยความโศกอันล้นเหลือ และผู้ที่ทุกข์ทรมานด้วยโรคร้ายแรง.

Word by Word

• mahā: great
• mahā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद; ‘महद्’ अर्थे उपसर्गवत्

• dāridrya: poverty
• dāridrya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dāridrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासपूर्वपद)

• magnasya: of one sunk in great poverty
• magnasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: magna (√majj धातु, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; तत्पुरुषः—‘महादारिद्र्ये मग्नस्य’

• mahā: great
• mahā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद

• pāpa: sin
• pāpa: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासपूर्वपद)

• hatasya: of one smitten by great sin
• hatasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hata (√han धातु, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; तत्पुरुषः—‘महापापेन हतस्य’ (struck by great sin)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय (conjunction)

• mahā: great
• mahā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद

• śoka: grief
• śoka: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (समासपूर्वपद)

• vinaṣṭasya: of one ruined by great grief
• vinaṣṭasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vinaṣṭa (vi-√naś धातु, क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; तत्पुरुषः—‘महाशोकेन विनष्टस्य’

• mahā: great
• mahā: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासपूर्वपद

• roga: disease
• roga: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (समासपूर्वपद)

• āturasya: of one afflicted by great disease
• āturasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ātura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘महारेगेण आतुरस्य’ (afflicted by great disease)

• ca: and
• ca: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक अव्यय

Speaker

Devotee/worshipper (continuation of supplication)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four vignettes around a central liṅga: a poor person with empty bowl, a penitent with bowed head, a grieving person wiping tears, and a sick person supported by family—each turning toward Śiva’s light.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied addressee)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In every form of human distress—poverty, sin, grief, or illness—the devotee turns to the Lord as the final refuge.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is specified; the verse is a general plea within Śiva worship.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No external rite is prescribed; it continues the prayer by naming conditions for which grace is sought.