Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 130

Devanagari script

यत्किंचिद्वा कृतं कर्म तदनंतफलप्रदम् । व्यतीपातादियोगेषु रविसंक्रमणेषु च

Transliteration

yatkiṃcidvā kṛtaṃ karma tadanaṃtaphalapradam | vyatīpātādiyogeṣu ravisaṃkramaṇeṣu ca

Translation

Tout acte accompli en ces circonstances sanctifiées devient dispensateur de fruits sans fin ; surtout lors du Vyatīpāta et des autres yogas, ainsi qu’aux passages du soleil (saṅkrānti).

Word by Word

• यत्: whatever
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘यत्’ (relative pronoun)

• किंचित्: anything
• किंचित्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; अनिश्चितार्थक (indefinite)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• कृतम्: done
• कृतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: कृत-प्रत्ययान्त (क्त/PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘done’

• कर्म: act, deed
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative

• अनन्तफलप्रदम्: granting endless results
• अनन्तफलप्रदम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्तफलप्रद (प्रातिपदिक); अनन्त + फल + प्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (अनन्तं फलं प्रददाति)

• व्यतीपातादियोगेषु: in Vyatīpāta and other yogas
• व्यतीपातादियोगेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्यतीपातादियोग (प्रातिपदिक); व्यतीपात + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + योग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (व्यतीपात-आदि-योगाः)

• रविसंक्रमणेषु: at the sun’s transits
• रविसंक्रमणेषु: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रविसंक्रमण (प्रातिपदिक); रवि + संक्रमण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, बहुवचन; तत्पुरुषः (रवेः संक्रमणम्)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Gokarṇa kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Pilgrims at dawn under a sky marked by auspicious conjunctions; priests note the yoga while devotees perform snāna, dāna, and Śiva-arcana; the sun poised at saṅkrānti, rays touching the liṅga and water surface.

Characters & Entities

• Vyatīpāta
• Yoga (astral conjunction)
• Ravi
• Saṅkrānti

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Right timing amplifies dharmic acts—Purāṇic dharma ties inner intent to sacred time (kāla) for multiplied merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse speaks generally of sanctified contexts; within this adhyāya it supports the Gokarṇa tīrtha framework.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Perform dharmic acts (snāna, dāna, japa, pūjā, etc.) during Vyatīpāta-like yogas and on saṅkrānti for enhanced results.