Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

यदेव कर्म कैवल्यं कृतं तेन शुभाशुभम् । तदेव सार्थवत्तस्य भवत्यग्रे तु गच्छतः

Transliteration

yadeva karma kaivalyaṃ kṛtaṃ tena śubhāśubham | tadeva sārthavattasya bhavatyagre tu gacchataḥ

Translation

Welche Tat ein Mensch auch getan hat—gut oder böse—eben diese wird ihm zur einzigen wahren „Habe“, die weiter vorn Bedeutung gewinnt, wenn er weitergeht (nach dem Tod).

Word by Word

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• karma: deed, action
• karma: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• kaivalyam: alone, solely
• kaivalyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaivalya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (alone/sole)

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tena: by him/thereby
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śubha-aśubham: good and bad (merit and demerit)
• śubha-aśubham: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + aśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (śubhaṃ ca aśubhaṃ ca)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• sārthavat: meaningful, fruitful
• sārthavat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sārthavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhavati: becomes, is
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• agre: afterwards, ahead
• agre: Adhikarana (Time/Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-निभम्/क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial locative used as indeclinable): ‘in front/afterwards’

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• gacchataḥ: of one who goes (departing)
• gacchataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Revā Khaṇḍa (didactic; precise speaker not stated in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic balance/ledger of deeds carried by a departing soul; behind, household wealth fades; ahead, a luminous path shaped by one’s actions.

Characters & Entities

• Karma
• Afterlife (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karma alone accompanies a being beyond this life; therefore perform dharmic actions that become merit on the onward journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No individual site is named; the teaching undergirds the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha culture by stressing merit-making deeds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; the implied prescription is consistent practice of śubha-karma (virtuous deeds).