Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28

Devanagari script

न केनचित्कृतं कर्म यदेतद्भवता कृतम् । न करिष्यति चैवान्यो देवो वा मानवोऽथ वा

Transliteration

na kenacitkṛtaṃ karma yadetadbhavatā kṛtam | na kariṣyati caivānyo devo vā mānavo'tha vā

Translation

നീ ചെയ്ത ഈ കർമ്മംപോലെ ഒരു കർമ്മം ആരും ചെയ്തിട്ടില്ല; ഇനി ദേവനായാലും മനുഷ്യനായാലും മറ്റാരും അത് ചെയ്യുകയില്ല.

Word by Word

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negative particle)

• kenacit: by anyone
• kenacit: Karana (Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kim (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; अनिश्चित-सर्वनाम (indefinite pronoun)

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: कृत (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कर्म-विशेषण

• karma: deed, act
• karma: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• yat: which
• yat: Sambandha (Relative connector)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• etat: this
• etat: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; संकेत-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• bhavatā: by you
• bhavatā: Karana (Agent-instrument in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; आदरार्थ-प्रयोग (honorific ‘you’)

• kṛtam: done
• kṛtam: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: कृत (क्त-प्रत्यय, past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; (etat/karma) विशेषण

• na: not
• na: Sambandha (Discourse/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय

• kariṣyati: will do
• kariṣyati: Kriya (Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (simple future), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• anyaḥ: another (person)
• anyaḥ: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: anya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• devaḥ: god
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle ‘or’)

• mānavaḥ: human
• mānavaḥ: Karta (Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mānava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• atha: or else
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तर/विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (then/also/or)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय

Speaker

Śani

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: bhūpāla (king)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A speaker extols a king’s unprecedented deed; the courtly setting is charged with awe, as if a dangerous power has been overcome for the people’s sake.

Characters & Entities

• Śani

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Exceptional dharmic effort becomes ‘unrepeatable’ merit, earning lasting recognition in sacred narrative.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in this verse; it supports the broader Mahātmya storyline rather than naming a location.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a proclamation of incomparable achievement.