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Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37

Devanagari script

जनने त्रिविधं कर्म हेतुर्जंतोर्भवेत्किल । पुण्यं पापं च मिश्रं च सत्त्वराजसतामसम्

Transliteration

janane trividhaṃ karma heturjaṃtorbhavetkila | puṇyaṃ pāpaṃ ca miśraṃ ca sattvarājasatāmasam

Translation

ജനനസമയത്ത് ജീവിയുടെ ഗതി നിർണ്ണയിക്കുന്ന കാരണം ത്രിവിധ കർമ്മമെന്ന് പറയുന്നു—പുണ്യം, പാപം, മിശ്രം; ഇവ യഥാക്രമം സത്ത്വ, രജസ്, തമസ് ഗുണങ്ങളോട് ബന്ധപ്പെട്ടവയാണ്।

Word by Word
जननेin birth; at the time of birth
जनने:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootजनन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)
त्रिविधम्threefold
त्रिविधम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootत्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of ‘कर्म’; द्विगु/तत्पुरुष-प्रकृतिः (‘threefold’)
कर्मaction; karma
कर्म:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
हेतुःcause
हेतुः:
Karta (Predicate-noun/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootहेतु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
जन्तोःof the creature
जन्तोः:
Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootजन्तु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)
भवेत्would be; is (said to be)
भवेत्:
Kriya (Copular/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ्-लकार (Optative), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद
किलindeed; it is said
किल:
Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकिल (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle: indeed/traditionally)
पुण्यम्merit; virtuous (karma)
पुण्यम्:
Apposition (Karma-type/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootपुण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); ‘कर्म’स्य भेदः
पापम्sin; evil (karma)
पापम्:
Apposition (Karma-type/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); ‘कर्म’स्य भेदः
चand
च:
Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
मिश्रम्mixed (karma)
मिश्रम्:
Apposition (Karma-type/विशेष्य)
TypeNoun
Rootमिश्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); ‘कर्म’स्य भेदः
चand
च:
Avyaya (Connector/अव्यय)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
सत्त्वराजसतामसम्(of the nature of) sattva, rajas, and tamas
सत्त्वराजसतामसम्:
Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + राजस (प्रातिपदिक) + तामस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण of ‘कर्म’; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (sattva+rajas+tamas)
Speaker

Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Dvija (questioner)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kamaṭha explains the triad of karma—puṇya, pāpa, miśra—mapped to sattva, rajas, tamas, as the causal seed of birth.

FAQs

Rebirth follows the moral and psychological quality of one’s karma—merit, sin, or a mixture—shaped by the guṇas.

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it presents a general dharma teaching on karma and rebirth.

None explicitly; the verse frames ethics and inner qualities (guṇas) as the determinant of destiny.

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