Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

यत्त्वया विहितं कर्म नैतदन्यः करिष्यति । न कृतं केनचित्पूर्वं पितृवैरसमुद्भवम्

Transliteration

yattvayā vihitaṃ karma naitadanyaḥ kariṣyati | na kṛtaṃ kenacitpūrvaṃ pitṛvairasamudbhavam

Translation

“তুমি যে কর্ম গ্রহণ করিয়াছ, অন্য কেহ তাহা করিবে না; পিতৃবৈরজাত এমন কর্ম পূর্বে কেহ করে নাই।”

Word by Word

• yat: that which
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म) (of vihitam) / Sambandha (relative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (यद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; correlatives with etat; here = “that (which)”

• tvayā: by you
• tvayā: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता) (instrumental of agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvad (त्वद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: मध्यमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन

• vihitam: ordained/done
• vihitam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vi-dhā (विधा धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies karma

• karma: deed
• karma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (कर्मन् प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (contextually object of kariṣyati), एकवचन

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (न अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय (negation particle)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (एतद् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन

• anyaḥ: another (person)
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (अन्य प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• kariṣyati: will do
• kariṣyati: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्/Future), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (न अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक अव्यय

• kṛtam: was done
• kṛtam: Kriyā (Predicate)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; impersonal passive sense “it was done”

• kenacit: by anyone
• kenacit: Kartr̥ (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (किम् सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd case), एकवचन; indefinite = “by anyone”

• pūrvam: formerly/before
• pūrvam: Adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrva (पूर्व प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक अव्यय (adverb of time)

• pitṛvaira: ancestral enmity
• pitṛvaira: Sambandha (Genitive in compound)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pitṛ-vaira (पितृवैर प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: pitṝṇām vairam), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रातिपदिक (first member in compound with samudbhavam)

• samudbhavam: arisen from (that) enmity
• samudbhavam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ud-bhava (समुद्भव प्रातिपदिक; from bhū धातु)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (pitṛvaira + samudbhava), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (here qualifies kṛtam/karma), एकवचन

Speaker

Pitṛs (ancestors)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Ancestral voice emphasizes the uniqueness of the deed; the devotee stands tense, framed between dark red remnants of the act and a bright, corrective ancestral radiance above.

Characters & Entities

• Rāma
• Pitṛs (ancestors)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Pitṛ-apacāra (offense toward ancestors) is portrayed as spiritually dangerous and socially unworthy; reverence to Pitṛs is integral to dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The statement is part of the narrative framework that establishes the later tīrtha-name and its merit: Rāmahrada.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicit prescription: avoid actions born of Pitṛ-vaira; uphold ancestral rites and respect.