Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 97
स्वकर्मसिद्धये चाथ सर्व एव हि चेश्वरः । ईश्वरः कर्मणां साक्षी यत्त्वयापीति भाषितम्
svakarmasiddhaye cātha sarva eva hi ceśvaraḥ | īśvaraḥ karmaṇāṃ sākṣī yattvayāpīti bhāṣitam
“സ്വകർമസിദ്ധിക്കായി ഓരോരുത്തനും കർത്തൃത്വത്തിൽ ഒരുവിധം ‘ഈശ്വരൻ’പോലെ തന്നേ. എങ്കിലും കർമങ്ങളുടെ സാക്ഷി ഈശ്വരൻ തന്നെയെന്ന് നീയും പറഞ്ഞിട്ടുണ്ട്.”
Dakṣa (probable, arguing while referencing the other’s statement)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contemplative composition: a human figure symbolizing the agent stands before the yajña, while above/behind, an all-seeing divine presence (Śiva as sākṣī) is suggested through an eye-like halo or liṅga silhouette, indicating witnessing beyond human control.
FAQs
Human agency operates, but moral accountability is upheld by the Lord as the ever-present witness of karma.
No site is named; the Kāśī-khaṇḍa setting supports a Śaiva worldview where Śiva is the ultimate sākṣī.
None; it is a doctrinal statement about karma, agency, and divine witnessing.