Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 128

Devanagari script

तयाभिभूतो म्रियते यथान्यैर्व्याधिभिर्न्नरः । राज्ञोऽभिमानमात्रं हि ममैव विद्यते गृहे

Transliteration

tayābhibhūto mriyate yathānyairvyādhibhirnnaraḥ | rājño'bhimānamātraṃ hi mamaiva vidyate gṛhe

Translation

เมื่อถูกมัน (ความหิว) ครอบงำ มนุษย์ย่อมตาย ดังที่ตายด้วยโรคอื่น ๆ ในเรือนของข้าพเจ้า มีเพียงความทะนงแห่งราชศักดิ์แต่ชื่อเท่านั้น มิได้มีสิ่งอื่น

Word by Word

• तया: by that (hunger-pain)
• तया: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम; साधन/हेतु (by it/thereby)

• अभिभूतः: overpowered
• अभिभूतः: Visheshana (of नरः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि-भू (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• म्रियते: dies
• म्रियते: Kriya (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मृ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Upamana/Comparative marker
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/just as)

• अन्यैः: by other
• अन्यैः: Visheshana (of व्याधिभिः)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• व्याधिभिः: by diseases
• व्याधिभिः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; साधन/हेतु

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• राज्ञः: of a king
• राज्ञः: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अभिमानमात्रम्: mere pride
• अभिमानमात्रम्: Karta/Predicate-noun (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अभिमान-मात्र (प्रातिपदिक; अभिमान + मात्र)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: Nipata (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चय/हेतुवाचक-अव्यय (indeed/for)

• मम: of me; my
• मम: Shashthi-sambandha
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: only
• एव: Nipata (Restriction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (only/just)

• विद्यते: exists; is found
• विद्यते: Kriya (Existential predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: विद् (धातु; विद्=सत्तायाम्/ज्ञाने)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; सत्तार्थक (exists)

• गृहे: in (my) house
• गृहे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण

Speaker

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

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A king in a near-empty granary or treasury room: jewels and insignia remain, but food stores are absent; the king’s face shows shame and fear; a hungry figure at the doorway mirrors the king’s vulnerability.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Status cannot protect one from fundamental suffering; pride without substance is hollow—dharma rests on virtue, not titles.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the implied dharma is humility and support of those afflicted by hunger.