Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

सत्कर्मणो विपाकोऽयं तव वंद्यौ ममाप्यहो । यदेतौ भगवद्भक्तौ सखित्वं भवतो गतौ

Transliteration

satkarmaṇo vipāko'yaṃ tava vaṃdyau mamāpyaho | yadetau bhagavadbhaktau sakhitvaṃ bhavato gatau

Translation

This is indeed the fruition of your good deeds—marvelous indeed! For these two devotees of the Lord, worthy of reverence for you and for me as well, have attained friendship with you.

Word by Word

• सत्कर्मणः: of good deeds
• सत्कर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत् (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—कर्मधारय (सत्+कर्म)

• विपाकः: result, fruition
• विपाकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• वन्द्यौ: (you) two are worthy of reverence
• वन्द्यौ: Visheshya (Predicate adjective/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वन्द्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-विशेषण)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; √वन्द् (धातु) + यत् (यत्-प्रत्यय), ‘to be revered’

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• अपि: also, even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle)

• अहो: ah!, indeed
• अहो: Sambandha (Exclamation/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अहो (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विस्मयादिबोधक-निपात (exclamatory particle)

• यत्: because, since
• यत्: Hetu (Reason/हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धबोधक-यत् (relative)

• एतौ: these two
• एतौ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; सर्वनाम

• भगवद्भक्तौ: devotees of the Lord (two)
• भगवद्भक्तौ: Karta (Subject apposition/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक) + भक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (भगवतः भक्तौ)

• सखित्वम्: friendship
• सखित्वम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सखित्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• भवतः: of you (hon.)
• भवतः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम-आदरार्थ)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग

• गतौ: have attained, have gone to
• गतौ: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया—‘have attained’)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त-प्रत्यय), ‘गत’; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), द्विवचन; √गम् (to go)

Speaker

Yama (Dharmarāja)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A reverent speaker marvels at the fruition of good deeds as two radiant divine attendants—devotees of the Lord—stand as honored friends; gestures of namaskāra and mutual respect dominate the scene.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Dharmarāja
• Bhagavat
• Śiva-gaṇas (two attendants implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Good deeds mature into divine associations—devotion and friendship with the Lord’s devotees are themselves a fruit of puṇya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader narrative belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa, implying the sanctity of Kāśī (Vārāṇasī), though this verse focuses on merit and devotees.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse emphasizes the karmic fruition of sat-karman and reverence to bhaktas.