Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 76

Devanagari script

तस्माद्भाग्यानुसारेण फलत्येव सदोद्यमः । प्रशंसंत्युद्यमं चातो विपद्यपि मनीषिणः

Transliteration

tasmādbhāgyānusāreṇa phalatyeva sadodyamaḥ | praśaṃsaṃtyudyamaṃ cāto vipadyapi manīṣiṇaḥ

Translation

इसलिए भाग्य के अनुसार निरंतर किया गया प्रयास अवश्य फलता है; इसी कारण मनीषी जन विपत्ति में भी उद्यम की प्रशंसा करते हैं।

Word by Word

• tasmāt: therefore
• tasmāt: Sambandha (Inference marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तस्मात्-शब्दः; अव्ययवत् (ablatival adverb: therefore/from that)

• bhāgya-anusāreṇa: according to fortune
• bhāgya-anusāreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāgya (प्रातिपदिक) + anusāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; तृतीया (3rd); एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (bhāgyasya anusāraḥ = accordance with fortune)

• phalati: bears fruit
• phalati: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: phal (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (indeed/only)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Time/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (always)

• udyamaḥ: effort
• udyamaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); एकवचन

• praśaṃsanti: praise
• praśaṃsanti: Kriyā (Main action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra- (उपसर्ग) + śaṃs (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd); बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• udyamam: effort
• udyamam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: udyama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd); एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (and)

• ataḥ: therefore
• ataḥ: Sambandha (Inference marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; हेत्वर्थक/निगमन (therefore/for this reason)

• vipadi: in adversity
• vipadi: Adhikaraṇa (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vipad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th); एकवचन

• api: even
• api: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि-कार (even)

• manīṣiṇaḥ: the wise
• manīṣiṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manīṣin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st); बहुवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: narrator moralizing within Kāśīkhaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāśī

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A concluding didactic tableau: a wise narrator (or implied voice) praising effort; the birds now safe in the background, symbolizing the fruit of perseverance under fortune.

Characters & Entities

• Manīṣi (the wise)
• Bhāgya (fortune)
• Udyama (effort)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Persevering effort is a dharmic excellence; while outcomes align with bhāgya, the wise never renounce udyama.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse belongs to the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting; it does not directly name a particular tīrtha in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.