Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

अनेन यत्कृतं ब्रह्मन्सद्यस्तत्फलमागतम् । कर्मणा चास्य शक्रस्य सर्वेषां संकटागमः

Transliteration

anena yatkṛtaṃ brahmansadyastatphalamāgatam | karmaṇā cāsya śakrasya sarveṣāṃ saṃkaṭāgamaḥ

Translation

হে ব্রহ্মন, সে যা করেছে তার ফল তৎক্ষণাৎ এসে পড়েছে। শক্র (ইন্দ্র)-এর এই কর্মে সকলের উপর বিপদ নেমে এসেছে।

Word by Word

• अनेन: by this
• अनेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘by this (one/act)’

• यत्: whatever/which
• यत्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘which/whatever’ (relative)

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृदन्त; √कृ धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया/प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘done’ (qualifying यत्)

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahman
• ब्रह्मन्: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन — ‘O Brahman!’

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: ‘immediately’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘that’

• फलम्: result
• फलम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘fruit/result’

• आगतम्: has come
• आगतम्: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आगत (कृदन्त; आ-√गम् धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘has come/arrived’ (finite sense)

• कर्मणा: by the act
• कर्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘by (his) deed’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘of him’

• शक्रस्य: of Indra
• शक्रस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन — ‘of Śakra (Indra)’

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन — ‘of all’

• संकट-आगमः: coming of calamity
• संकट-आगमः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकट (प्रातिपदिक) + आगम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (संकटस्य आगमः) — ‘arrival of distress’

Speaker

Śrī Bhagavān (Viṣṇu)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Brahmā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The Lord addresses Brahmā: Indra’s deed has borne fruit at once; distress spreads among all devas and ṛṣis.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Indra (Śakra)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Actions bear fruit—sometimes swiftly—and a leader’s wrongdoing can bring collective संकट upon many.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific site is praised in this verse; it continues the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative sequence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a doctrinal statement on karma and communal consequence.