Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80
सेश्वरं कर्म विद्ध्योतत्समर्थत्वेन जायते । न ह्यन्यः कर्म्मणो दाता ईश्वरेण विना भवेत्
seśvaraṃ karma viddhyotatsamarthatvena jāyate | na hyanyaḥ karmmaṇo dātā īśvareṇa vinā bhavet
അറിയുക: ഈശ്വരസഹിതമായ കര്മ്മം മാത്രമേ സമര്ത്ഥമാകൂ. ഈശ്വരനെ കൂടാതെ കര്മ്മത്തിന് ഫലദാതാവോ ശക്തിദാതാവോ മറ്റാരുമില്ല.
Madhusūdana (Viṣṇu)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A pilgrim offers a simple leaf and water to a Śiva-liṅga; a subtle radiance indicates that the Lord ‘joins’ the act, transforming it into efficacious karma.
FAQs
Ritual and moral action bear fruit only through alignment with Īśvara; divine sanction is the source of efficacy.
No specific location is praised in this verse; it provides a universal theological principle within Kedārakhaṇḍa.
Perform karma as seśvara—connected to Īśvara—rather than as a merely mechanical rite.