Skandapurana 1.4.40.126

1.4.40.126

nisargātsarvabhūtānāmiti duḥkhaparaṃparā..
kṣudhā ca sarvarogāṇāṃ vyādhiḥ śreṣṭhatamaḥ smṛtaḥ.. 42.126 ..

by the very nature of all beings, such is the succession of pain. / And hunger is considered the foremost disease among all sicknesses;