Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 11

Devanagari script

इति चिंतयतस्तस्य ज्वरोभूदतिदारुणः । यश्चिंताख्यो ज्वरः पुंसामौषधैर्नापि शाम्यति

Transliteration

iti ciṃtayatastasya jvarobhūdatidāruṇaḥ | yaściṃtākhyo jvaraḥ puṃsāmauṣadhairnāpi śāmyati

Translation

Khi ông suy nghĩ như thế, một cơn sốt vô cùng dữ dội bỗng nổi lên—‘cơn sốt mang tên lo âu’ nơi người đời, thuốc men cũng chẳng làm dịu được.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

• चिंतयतः: of (him) thinking
• चिंतयतः: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्तय् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ), षष्ठी, एकवचन — Present participle in genitive: of (him) thinking

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन — Genitive singular (of him)

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

• अभूत्: arose
• अभूत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद — arose/became

• अतिदारुणः: very dreadful
• अतिदारुणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — adjective: exceedingly dreadful

• यः: which
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — relative pronoun

• चिन्ताख्यः: called ‘anxiety’
• चिन्ताख्यः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चिन्ता + आख्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — ‘named worry’ (चिन्ता-आख्यः)

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

• पुंसाम्: of people
• पुंसाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुंस्/पुम्स् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — Genitive plural (of men/people)

• औषधैः: by medicines
• औषधैः: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औषध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन — Instrumental plural (by medicines)

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha/Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle: even)

• शाम्यति: subsides
• शाम्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद — becomes calm/subsides

Speaker

Skanda (narrating; deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame: Skanda to Agastya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The brāhmaṇa clutches his chest and brow, eyes fevered; attendants offer herbs and water, but a dark, smoky aura of ‘cintā-jvara’ rises from his head, contrasting with the calm glow of a distant shrine lamp.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Unruled anxiety becomes a consuming ailment; dharma calls for inner steadiness and surrender alongside worldly duty.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it is a moral-psychological teaching within the Kāśī narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; it contrasts inner affliction with the limits of external medicine.