Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 35
Devanagari script
स्नेहात्करणरागश्च प्रजज्ञे वैषयस्तथा । अश्रेयस्कावुभावतौ पूर्वस्तत्र गुरुः स्मृतः
Transliteration
snehātkaraṇarāgaśca prajajñe vaiṣayastathā | aśreyaskāvubhāvatau pūrvastatra guruḥ smṛtaḥ
Translation
由执著而生诸根染著，亦生对境界的贪欲。二者皆为不善之因；而于此事，先者——执著——被忆为主要的煽动者。
Word by Word
स्नेहात्from attachment
स्नेहात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootस्नेह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान), एकवचन; Ablative singular
करणरागःpassion for the senses/instruments
करणरागः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकरण (प्रातिपदिक) + राग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (करणस्य रागः)
चand
च:
Sambandha (Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
प्रजज्ञेarose/was born
प्रजज्ञे:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√जन् (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
वैषयःsensual, pertaining to objects
वैषयः:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवैषय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective qualifying रागः
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
अश्रेयस्कौtwo unwholesome (ones)
अश्रेयस्कौ:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootअ-श्रेयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; comparative/quality adjective; ‘not beneficial’
उभौboth
उभौ:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootउभ (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, द्विवचन; pronoun/adjective agreeing with अश्रेयस्कौ
आभवतौcame to be/arose (both)
आभवतौ:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भू (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, द्विवचन; परस्मैपद
पूर्वःthe former/earlier one
पूर्वः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeAdjective
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; adjective used substantively
तत्रthere/in that context
तत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)
गुरुःteacher/primary cause
गुरुः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगुरु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन
स्मृतःis regarded (as)
स्मृतः:
Kriya (Predicative)
TypeVerb
Root√स्मृ (धातु)
Formकृदन्त—क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘is considered/remembered’
Speaker
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta)
Visual Art Cues
Scene: An allegorical scene: a human heart bound by a soft cord labeled ‘sneha’; from it radiate colored streams to the senses, turning into thorny vines of ‘viṣaya-rāga’ leading toward a dark pit labeled ‘aśreyas’.
FAQs
Attachment gives birth to sensory obsession and worldly craving; cut the root (sneha) to prevent the harmful branches.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None explicitly; it implies indriya-nigraha (sense-restraint) by addressing the source of craving.