Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 22

Devanagari script

तेन कर्म विपाकेन भूयः पार्थिवतां गतः

Transliteration

tena karma vipākena bhūyaḥ pārthivatāṃ gataḥ

Translation

ആ കർമത്തിന്റെ വിപാകഫലമായി അവൻ വീണ്ടും ഭൂമിയിൽ രാജസ്ഥാനത്തെ പ്രാപിച്ചു.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that/therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, त्रिलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• कर्म: deed, action
• कर्म: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• विपाकेन: by the fruition/result
• विपाकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विपाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• भूयः: again
• भूयः: Adhikarana (Manner/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: भूयस् (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरर्थक-अव्यय (adverb: again/more)

• पार्थिवताम्: to kingship/royal status
• पार्थिवताम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/Object of motion)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार्थिवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• गतः: went/attained
• गतः: Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) + गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; preceding voice not explicit in the snippet)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A subtle transition scene: the soul’s merit ripens; a royal coronation is shown as the visible fruit of unseen karma—crown, throne, ministers, and auspicious rites.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly rise and fall—such as attaining kingship—follows the ripening of one’s past actions (karma-phala).

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

This verse is within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya flow, but no single tīrtha-name is stated in this line.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite (snāna, dāna, japa, vrata) is prescribed in this verse.