Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 65

Devanagari script

यद्यथा यत्र येनेह कर्म जन्मांतरार्जितम् । तदवश्यं हि भोक्तव्यं त्यज शोकमतोऽखिलम्

Transliteration

yadyathā yatra yeneha karma janmāṃtarārjitam | tadavaśyaṃ hi bhoktavyaṃ tyaja śokamato'khilam

Translation

Whatever karma has been accumulated in other births—by whomever, wherever, and in whatever manner—its fruit must surely be experienced. Therefore abandon sorrow entirely.

Word by Word

• yad: whatever / as
• yad: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सम्बन्धबोधक-अव्यय (correlative particle), 'yad-' series; clause-introducer

• yathā: as / in whatever manner
• yathā: Sambandha (Correlative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb/correlative), manner-indicator

• yatra: wherever
• yatra: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (relative adverb), place-indicator

• yena: by which / through which
• yena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• iha: here / in this world
• iha: Adhikarana (Locative sense/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), deictic-place

• karma: action, deed
• karma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; contextually 'deed' as object/topic

• janma-antara-arjitam: earned in a previous birth
• janma-antara-arjitam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: janman (प्रातिपदिक) + antara (प्रातिपदिक) + √arj (धातु) + kta (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: समास: जन्मान्तरार्जितम् = जन्मान्तरस्य (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) अर्जितम्; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (past passive participle)

• tad: that (result/that deed)
• tad: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; correlative pronoun

• avaśyam: inevitably, certainly
• avaśyam: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: avaśyam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), necessity/inevitability marker

• hi: indeed, for
• hi: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), emphasis/causal nuance

• bhoktavyam: must be experienced/undergone
• bhoktavyam: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhuj (धातु) + tavya (कृत्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/future passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; भावे/कर्मणि—'to be experienced'

• tyaja: abandon
• tyaja: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √tyaj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• śokam: grief
• śokam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śoka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• ataḥ: therefore, hence
• ataḥ: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), reason/therefore

• akhilam: entire, all
• akhilam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण—'entire' (modifying śokam understood as 'all grief')

Speaker

The child (bāla) continuing the instruction

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The child articulates a universal law: karma earned in other births—by anyone, anywhere, in any manner—must be undergone; he urges Subhadrā to abandon sorrow completely.

Characters & Entities

• Karma
• Prabhāsakṣetra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karmic results are inescapable; wisdom lies in meeting them with steadiness rather than grief.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, as the setting where dharmic instruction on karma is delivered within its māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct ritual is stated; it is a doctrinal verse on karma and mental discipline.