Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 32

Devanagari script

तस्मात्सुकृतिनः सर्वे येषां भावोऽनुवर्त्ते । जन्मजन्मानुवृत्तानां विस्मयं नैव कारयेत्

Transliteration

tasmātsukṛtinaḥ sarve yeṣāṃ bhāvo'nuvartte | janmajanmānuvṛttānāṃ vismayaṃ naiva kārayet

Translation

Ainsi, tous les vertueux et riches de mérite—chez qui la disposition dévotionnelle se maintient—ne doivent pas être tenus pour étonnants, car cette continuité se transmet de naissance en naissance.

Word by Word

• तस्मात्: therefore; from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Reason (हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable); तस्मात् = तद्-शब्दस्य पञ्चमी-एकवचनरूपं, अव्ययीभावेन ‘therefore/from that’ अर्थे

• सुकृतिनः: the meritorious (people)
• सुकृतिनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुकृतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/Nominative); बहुवचन

• सर्वे: all
• सर्वे: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying सुकृतिनः)

• येषाम्: of whom
• येषाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive); बहुवचन

• भावः: disposition; nature
• भावः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा; एकवचन

• अनुवर्तते: continues; follows on
• अनुवर्तते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√वृत् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• जन्मजन्मानुवृत्तानाम्: of those whose (merit) continues birth after birth
• जन्मजन्मानुवृत्तानाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जन्म + जन्म + अनु√वृत् (कृदन्त: अनुवृत्त) (प्रातिपदिक-समूह)
• Form: बहुव्रीह्यर्थे न; तत्पुरुषसमासः (जन्म-जन्म-अनुवृत्त = ‘following through birth after birth’); पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी; बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (येषाम्/सुकृतिनः)

• विस्मयम्: astonishment
• विस्मयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विस्मय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative); एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (निषेध-अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• एव: indeed; at all
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphasis)

• कारयेत्: should cause; should make (one feel)
• कारयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (णिच् causative)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative); प्रथमपुरुष; एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच्-प्रयोग (causative)

Speaker

Śiva (Śaṅkara)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dharmarāja

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm Himalayan hermitage near Kedāra; a sage instructs Dharmarāja that devotion is inherited from prior births, not a sudden wonder; pilgrims and ascetics appear serene.

Characters & Entities

• sukṛtin (meritorious person)
• bhāva
• rebirth

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Spiritual inclination is often the ripening of long practice; steady devotion is continuity of saṃskāra, not a sudden accident.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No site is specified; the verse provides the doctrinal basis for why pilgrims naturally gravitate toward Kedāra and other tīrthas.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an explanatory teaching about spiritual causality across lifetimes.