Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80
सेश्वरं कर्म विद्ध्योतत्समर्थत्वेन जायते । न ह्यन्यः कर्म्मणो दाता ईश्वरेण विना भवेत्
seśvaraṃ karma viddhyotatsamarthatvena jāyate | na hyanyaḥ karmmaṇo dātā īśvareṇa vinā bhavet
Wisse: Handeln wird nur dann wirksam, wenn es mit dem Herrn (Īśvara) verbunden ist. Denn ohne Īśvara kann es keinen anderen geben, der Kraft und Frucht des Handelns verleiht.
Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim offers a simple leaf and water to a Śiva-liṅga; a subtle radiance indicates that the Lord ‘joins’ the act, transforming it into efficacious karma.
FAQs
Ritual and moral action bear fruit only through alignment with Īśvara; divine sanction is the source of efficacy.
No specific location is praised in this verse; it provides a universal theological principle within Kedārakhaṇḍa.
Perform karma as seśvara—connected to Īśvara—rather than as a merely mechanical rite.