Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अन्यदेहं समाश्रित्य भुंजानाः कर्मणः फलम् । शुभं वा यदि वा पापं स्वयं विहितमात्मनः

Transliteration

anyadehaṃ samāśritya bhuṃjānāḥ karmaṇaḥ phalam | śubhaṃ vā yadi vā pāpaṃ svayaṃ vihitamātmanaḥ

Translation

Indem sie einen anderen Leib annehmen, erfahren sie die Frucht ihrer Taten—ob gut oder böse—die sie selbst vollbracht haben.

Word by Word

• अन्यदेहम्: another body
• अन्यदेहम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—अन्यः देहः (another body)

• समाश्रित्य: having resorted to; having taken refuge in
• समाश्रित्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-√श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)

• भुञ्जानाः: enjoying; experiencing
• भुञ्जानाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्); आत्मनेपद-प्रयोग; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• कर्मणः: of (one's) action
• कर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit; result
• फलम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शुभम्: good; auspicious (result)
• शुभम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (फलम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणवत्)

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (disjunctive particle)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Hetu/Śarti (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त (conditional particle: 'if')

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प

• पापम्: evil; sinful (result)
• पापम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (फलम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणवत्)

• स्वयम्: by oneself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (reflexive adverb: 'oneself')

• विहितम्: done; ordained; performed
• विहितम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√धा (धातु) + त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; फलम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: king (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A jīva moving from one body to another, carrying a subtle ledger of deeds; scenes of good and evil actions blossoming into corresponding fruits in a new life.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The soul continues through embodiment, inevitably tasting the results of self-created karma—hence dharma and purification matter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified; the teaching undergirds why tīrtha-sevā and dharmic acts are pursued.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it states the general law of karmic fruition across rebirth.