Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

आधयो व्याधयश्चैव तथा पीडा महाद्भुता । सदैव संस्थिता यत्र साधुपीडनवांछया

Transliteration

ādhayo vyādhayaścaiva tathā pīḍā mahādbhutā | sadaiva saṃsthitā yatra sādhupīḍanavāṃchayā

Translation

ณ ที่นั้น ความทุกข์ทางใจและโรคทางกาย รวมทั้งความเจ็บปวดอันน่าอัศจรรย์ ดำรงอยู่เสมอ ด้วยความใคร่จะเบียดเบียนเหล่าสาธุชน

Word by Word

• ādhayaḥ: mental afflictions
• ādhayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• vyādhayaḥ: diseases
• vyādhayaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vyādhi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-बोधक-अव्ययम् (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/समुच्चयार्थक-अव्ययम् (adverb: likewise/also)

• pīḍā: pain, torment
• pīḍā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pīḍā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular)

• mahā-adbhutā: very wondrous/extraordinary
• mahā-adbhutā: Visheshana (Adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (उपसर्ग/पूर्वपद) + adbhuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), एकवचनम् (Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifier)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Sambandha (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time: always)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्ययम् (emphatic particle)

• saṃsthitāḥ: remain established/present
• saṃsthitāḥ: Karta (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-√sthā (स्था धातु) + kta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), पुंलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः (Nominative), बहुवचनम् (Plural); ‘स्थित’ अर्थे (standing/remaining)

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (relative adverb: where)

• sādhu-pīḍana-vāṃchayā: by the desire to torment the good
• sādhu-pīḍana-vāṃchayā: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhu (प्रातिपदिक) + pīḍana (√pīḍ् धातु; ल्युट्/अन-प्रत्ययान्त भाव/कर्मनाम) + vāṃchā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (Instrumental), एकवचनम् (Singular); हेतौ/निमित्ते (by/with the intention)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A bleak settlement under a dim sky: emaciated figures with visible illness, shadowy personifications of Ādhī (mental anguish) and Vyādhi (disease) hovering, while a few serene sādhus are harassed; in the distance a faint glow suggests a tīrtha as refuge.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persecuting the virtuous invites pervasive suffering—inner turmoil, illness, and persistent distress.

Which specific holy site (Tīrtha) is glorified here?

No specific sacred site is named in this snippet.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit prescription; the verse states karmic/social consequences.