Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

तेन कर्मविपाकेन सदा पूतोसि मानद । तस्मात्त्वं गच्छ कैलासं पर्वतं शंकरं प्रति

Transliteration

tena karmavipākena sadā pūtosi mānada | tasmāttvaṃ gaccha kailāsaṃ parvataṃ śaṃkaraṃ prati

Translation

„Durch das Reifen jenes Karmas bist du stets geläutert, o Spender der Ehre; darum geh zum Berge Kailāsa, zu Śaṅkara.“

Word by Word

• तेन: by that
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण/साधन) एकवचनम्; सर्वनाम-शब्दः (Instrumental singular, masc.)

• कर्मविपाकेन: by the fruition of karma
• कर्मविपाकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + विपाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (कर्मणः विपाकः) (Instrumental singular, masc.)

• सदा: always
• सदा: Adhikarana (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्ययम् (adverb of time)

• पूतः: purified
• पूतः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पू (धातु) → पूत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्तः (क्त-प्रत्ययः); पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा एकवचनम् (past passive participle; nominative singular, masc.)

• असि: you are
• असि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (present indicative, 2nd person sg.)

• मानद: O giver of honor
• मानद: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मानद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे सम्बोधन-प्रथमा एकवचनम् (vocative singular, masc.)

• तस्मात्: therefore
• तस्मात्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: हेतौ/निष्कर्षे अव्ययप्रयोगः; तस्मात् इति निपातः (indeclinable: therefore/from that)

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा एकवचनम् (nominative singular, 2nd person pronoun)

• गच्छ: go
• गच्छ: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकारः, मध्यमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (imperative, 2nd person sg.)

• कैलासम्: to Kailāsa
• कैलासम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (accusative singular, masc.)

• पर्वतम्: the mountain
• पर्वतम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर्वत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम्; कैलासस्य विशेषण/अप्पोजिशन (accusative singular, masc.)

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Sampradana (Goal/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचनम् (accusative singular, masc.)

• प्रति: towards
• प्रति: Dik/Goal (Direction/दिक्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रति (अव्यय)
• Form: उपसर्गसदृशं अव्ययम्; दिशार्थे/प्रत्यर्थे (preposition: towards)

Speaker

Yama (Vaivasvata)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kailāsa

Type: peak

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A dharmic proclamation: a purified soul is directed beyond the court of death toward Kailāsa, with the Himalayan peak envisioned as luminous and serene behind the speaker.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Kailāsa
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Indrasena

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic fruition can turn even unlikely conduct into a cause for purification, culminating in nearness to Śiva.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kailāsa is named as Śiva’s divine mountain-abode, resonating with Kedāra’s Shaiva axis.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; the instruction is a divine directive to proceed toward Śiva’s abode (Kailāsa).