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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

यत्कर्मविहितं येन शुभं वाथ शुभेतरम् । स एव भुंक्ते तत्तथ्यं विधिसूत्रनियंत्रितः

Transliteration

yatkarmavihitaṃ yena śubhaṃ vātha śubhetaram | sa eva bhuṃkte tattathyaṃ vidhisūtraniyaṃtritaḥ

Translation

«Quel que soit l’acte accompli par quiconque—bon ou mauvais—lui seul en éprouve assurément le fruit, lié par le fil de la loi cosmique.»

Word by Word
यत्whatever
यत्:
Karma (Correlative object/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative pronoun)
कर्मdeed, action
कर्म:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
विहितम्ordained, allotted
विहितम्:
Karma (Predicative/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√धा (धातु)
Formक्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘ordained/assigned’
येनby whom/through whom
येन:
Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक (relative)
शुभम्good (result)
शुभम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (विकल्पार्थक-निपात/particle of alternative)
अथand/or else
अथ:
Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (समुच्चय/अनन्तरार्थक-निपात; here ‘or else/and’)
शुभ-इतरम्the opposite of good, evil
शुभ-इतरम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootशुभ (प्रातिपदिक) + इतर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (शुभात् इतरम् = अशुभम्)
सःhe
सः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (कर्ता), एकवचन
एवindeed, only
एव:
Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (अवधारण-निपात/emphatic particle)
भुङ्क्तेexperiences, enjoys/suffers
भुङ्क्ते:
Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√भुज् (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (वर्तमान/present), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपद
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन
तथ्यम्truly, as a fact
तथ्यम्:
Karma (Object-complement/कर्मविशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतथ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicative ‘true’)
विधि-सूत्र-नियन्त्रितःcontrolled by the rule-thread (law)
विधि-सूत्र-नियन्त्रितः:
Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक) + सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + नियन्त्रित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘नियन्त्रित’; तत्पुरुष (विधिसूत्रेण नियन्त्रितः)
Speaker

Divyāṅganā (the celestial maiden singing the gāthā)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Nṛpa (King)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: The celestial maiden’s song crystallizes into a visual of a golden thread (vidhi-sūtra) binding deeds to their fruits, with balanced scales hovering over the ocean under the full moon.

Characters & Entities
K
Karma
V
Vidhi (cosmic ordinance)

FAQs

Karmic responsibility is inescapable: each person must bear the fruits of their own actions under divine law.

No site is named; the teaching functions as a universal dharma principle within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative.

No ritual is prescribed; it is a doctrinal statement about karma and accountability.

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