Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 85

Devanagari script

एकांतरस्तृतीयस्तु ज्वरश्चातुर्थिकस्तथा । वेलायां जायते यस्तु ज्वरः शीतज्वरस्तथा

Transliteration

ekāṃtarastṛtīyastu jvaraścāturthikastathā | velāyāṃ jāyate yastu jvaraḥ śītajvarastathā

Translation

Ang pabalik-balik na lagnat, ang lagnat na tuwing ikatlong araw, at gayundin ang tuwing ikaapat na araw—pati ang lagnat na sumisiklab sa takdang oras, at ang lagnat na may ginaw—ito ang tinutukoy sa bahaging ito.

Word by Word

• एकान्तरः: alternate (every other)
• एकान्तरः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एक + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (adjectival)

• तृतीयः: third
• तृतीयः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्रमवाचक-विशेषण (ordinal adjective)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक (but/indeed)

• ज्वरः: fever
• ज्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• चातुर्थिकः: quartian (fourth-day)
• चातुर्थिकः: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चातुर्थिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• वेलायाम्: at the time/period
• वेलायाम्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• जायते: is born/arises
• जायते: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• यः: which/that (who)
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-यत् (relative pronoun)

• तु: indeed/but
• तु: Sambandha-bodhaka (Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• ज्वरः: fever
• ज्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• शीतज्वरः: cold-fever (fever with chills)
• शीतज्वरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शीत + ज्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष/कर्मधारयार्थ (cold-fever)

• तथा: likewise/also
• तथा: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; continuing the phala/relief-from-disease theme)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (sectional kṣetra)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A forest-tīrtha setting where sages enumerate types of fever; a pilgrim sits near a water-edge with medicinal herbs and a rudrākṣa-mālā, preparing for ritual remedies.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The māhātmya frames tīrtha-based dharma as beneficial even for bodily afflictions, not only spiritual impurities.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The surrounding passage concerns Dharmavāpī in Dharmāraṇya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No new rite is specified in this verse; it lists ailments (fever-types) in the context of removal/relief promised by the preceding practices.