Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13

Devanagari script

येनयेन शरीरेण यद्यत्कर्म करोति यः । तेनतेनैव भूयः स प्राप्नोति सकलं फलम्

Transliteration

yenayena śarīreṇa yadyatkarma karoti yaḥ | tenatenaiva bhūyaḥ sa prāpnoti sakalaṃ phalam

Translation

ಯಾವ ಯಾವ ದೇಹದಿಂದ ಯಾರು ಯಾವ ಯಾವ ಕರ್ಮವನ್ನು ಮಾಡುತ್ತಾನೋ, ಅದೇ ಅದೇ ದೇಹದಿಂದಲೇ ಅವನು ಮತ್ತೆ ಆ ಕರ್ಮದ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣ ಫಲವನ್ನು ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತಾನೆ.

Word by Word

• yena: by which
• yena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; साधनार्थ (instrumental: “by which”)

• yena: by whichever
• yena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (correlative repetition)

• śarīreṇa: with the body
• śarīreṇa: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śarīra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• yad: whatever
• yad: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म-विशेषण (correlative: “whatever”)

• yat: whatever (each)
• yat: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (yad-yat)

• karma: action
• karma: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• karoti: does
• karoti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• yaḥ: who
• yaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative pronoun: “who”)

• tena: by that
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; तद्-सम्बन्ध (correlative: “by that”)

• tena: by that very (same)
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग (tena-tena)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-निपात (emphasis)

• bhūyaḥ: again; further
• bhūyaḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhūyas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), अर्थ: “again; moreover; further”

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• prāpnoti: attains
• prāpnoti: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra+āp (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• sakalam: entire, complete
• sakalam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sakala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; फलम्-विशेषण

• phalam: fruit, result
• phalam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A teacher-like figure explains that actions performed through a body return as fruits to the same embodied being; a subtle depiction of rebirth/continuity is suggested through repeated silhouettes or mirrored forms.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

One must personally experience the results of one’s own deeds; karma’s fruits are not lost and return to the doer.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse functions as a general dharma-teaching within the Tīrthamāhātmya context rather than naming a single tīrtha in the line itself.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific rite is prescribed here; it establishes the principle that actions performed during pilgrimage still bear corresponding results.