Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 107

Devanagari script

नास्ति मृत्युसमस्रासः सर्वेषामपि देहिनाम् । सद्भार्यापुत्रमित्राणि राज्यैश्वर्यसुखानि च

Transliteration

nāsti mṛtyusamasrāsaḥ sarveṣāmapi dehinām | sadbhāryāputramitrāṇi rājyaiśvaryasukhāni ca

Translation

Đối với mọi loài hữu thân, không có nỗi kinh hoàng nào bằng cái chết—dẫu có hiền thê, con cái, bạn hữu, cùng những lạc thú của vương quyền và phú quý.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Negation/निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात

• asti: is/exists
• asti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (अस्, धातु)
• Form: लट्, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• mṛtyu-sama-srāsaḥ: terror equal to death
• mṛtyu-sama-srāsaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mṛtyu (प्रातिपदिक) + sama (प्रातिपदिक) + srāsa (स्रास, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (mṛtyunā samaḥ srāsaḥ = 'fear/terror equal to death')

• sarveṣām: of all
• sarveṣām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• api: even/also
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात

• dehinām: of embodied beings
• dehinām: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dehin (देहिन्, प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• sad-bhāryā-putra-mitrāṇi: good wife, sons, and friends
• sad-bhāryā-putra-mitrāṇi: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sat (सद्, प्रातिपदिक) + bhāryā (प्रातिपदिक) + putra (प्रातिपदिक) + mitra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (good wife, sons, and friends)

• rājya-aiśvarya-sukhāni: kingdom, power, and pleasures
• rājya-aiśvarya-sukhāni: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya (प्रातिपदिक) + aiśvarya (प्रातिपदिक) + sukha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (kingdom, sovereignty, pleasures)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A prosperous household and royal court—wife, children, friends, treasury—stand powerless as a shadow of Death falls equally over all.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly securities—family, friendship, and power—do not conquer mortality; lasting refuge lies in Dharma and spiritual pursuit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the verse is a universal reflection within the chapter.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse contrasts worldly happiness with the inescapability of death.