Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 108

Devanagari script

एवमादीनि रत्नानि दत्तानि कितेवन हि । तेन कर्मविपाकेन पूजनीयो जगत्त्रये

Transliteration

evamādīni ratnāni dattāni kitevana hi | tena karmavipākena pūjanīyo jagattraye

Translation

“Permata-permata demikian dan harta bernilai lainnya memang telah didermakan oleh si penjudi itu. Dengan kematangan buah karma itu, dia menjadi layak dihormati di tiga alam.”

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• आदीनि: and similar (ones)
• आदीनि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; 'आदि' = 'and the like' (qualifying रत्नानि)

• रत्नानि: gems
• रत्नानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन

• दत्तानि: given
• दत्तानि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु) → दत्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; 'given'

• कितेवन्: the gambler
• कितेवन्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कितेवन्/कितव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; पाठभेद/रूपभेद: 'कितेवन' इति (कितवः)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

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

• कर्मविपाकेन: by the fruition of karma
• कर्मविपाकेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म-विपाक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्मणः विपाकः)

• पूजनीयः: worthy of worship
• पूजनीयः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूज् (धातु) → पूजनीय (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्/अनीयर्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive; 'to be worshipped'), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• जगत्त्रये: in the three worlds
• जगत्त्रये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत्-त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (त्रीणि जगन्ति)

Speaker

Citragupta

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra (Kedāranātha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: the gambler’s past vices fade into shadow while luminous offerings (elephant, horse, jewel) rise like constellations; devas, humans, and nāgas honor him.

Characters & Entities

• Citragupta
• Kitava
• Three worlds (jagat-traya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karma bears fruit inevitably; powerful acts of dāna can elevate one’s status, even amid a life mixed with faults.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse does not glorify a particular tīrtha directly; it belongs to the Kedārakhaṇḍa’s dharma-judgment narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No formal rite is prescribed; the verse generalizes the fruit of dāna and karmic maturation.