Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

यदेव कर्म कैवल्यं कृतं तेन शुभाशुभम् । तदेव सार्थवत्तस्य भवत्यग्रे तु गच्छतः

Transliteration

yadeva karma kaivalyaṃ kṛtaṃ tena śubhāśubham | tadeva sārthavattasya bhavatyagre tu gacchataḥ

Translation

Quelque acte qu’un homme ait accompli—bon ou mauvais—cela même devient pour lui l’unique vraie « richesse », celle qui porte du sens au-delà, lorsqu’il poursuit sa route (après la mort).

Word by Word

• yat: whatever (that which)
• yat: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• karma: deed, action
• karma: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• kaivalyam: alone, solely
• kaivalyam: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kaivalya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (alone/sole)

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (कृ)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• tena: by him/thereby
• tena: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• śubha-aśubham: good and bad (merit and demerit)
• śubha-aśubham: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + aśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (śubhaṃ ca aśubhaṃ ca)

• tat: that
• tat: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• eva: indeed, only
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय

• sārthavat: meaningful, fruitful
• sārthavat: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sārthavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• bhavati: becomes, is
• bhavati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• agre: afterwards, ahead
• agre: Adhikarana (Time/Place/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-निभम्/क्रियाविशेषण (adverbial locative used as indeclinable): ‘in front/afterwards’

• tu: but, indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: विरोध/अन्वयार्थक-अव्यय (but/indeed)

• gacchataḥ: of one who goes (departing)
• gacchataḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (गम्)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Narratorial voice within Revā Khaṇḍa (didactic; precise speaker not stated in the snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha (contextual)

Type: river

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic balance/ledger of deeds carried by a departing soul; behind, household wealth fades; ahead, a luminous path shaped by one’s actions.

Characters & Entities

• Karma
• Afterlife (implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karma alone accompanies a being beyond this life; therefore perform dharmic actions that become merit on the onward journey.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No individual site is named; the teaching undergirds the Revā Khaṇḍa’s tīrtha culture by stressing merit-making deeds.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is stated; the implied prescription is consistent practice of śubha-karma (virtuous deeds).