Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36

Devanagari script

कृतवानीदृशं कार्यं यत्त्वं विद्याधराधम । तद्याहि मानुषीं योनिं स्वस्य दुष्कर्मणः फलम्

Transliteration

kṛtavānīdṛśaṃ kāryaṃ yattvaṃ vidyādharādhama | tadyāhi mānuṣīṃ yoniṃ svasya duṣkarmaṇaḥ phalam

Translation

“โอ้ผู้ต่ำช้าในหมู่วิทยาธร! เมื่อเจ้ากระทำการเช่นนี้แล้ว จงไปสู่ครรภ์มนุษย์เถิด—นี่คือผลแห่งกรรมชั่วของเจ้าเอง”

Word by Word

• कृतवान्: (you) have done
• कृतवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्तवतुँ (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; क्तवतुँ-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (perfect participle): ‘having done’

• ईदृशम्: such
• ईदृशम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ईदृश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• कार्यम्: deed/act
• कार्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कार्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• यत्: which
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; relative pronoun

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/स्त्री (त्रिलिङ्ग-प्रयोग), प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; 2nd person pronoun

• विद्याधराधम: O lowest of Vidyādharas
• विद्याधराधम: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्याधर (प्रातिपदिक) + अधम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘विद्याधराणाम् अधमः’)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन; demonstrative pronoun

• याहि: go
• याहि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (परस्मैपद), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; imperative: ‘go’

• मानुषीम्: human
• मानुषीम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानुषी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• योनिम्: womb/birth
• योनिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

• स्वस्य: of your own
• स्वस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्व (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; reflexive/possessive ‘one’s own’

• दुष्कर्मणः: of (your) evil deed
• दुष्कर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुष्कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2), एकवचन

Speaker

Gālava (speaking the curse)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Setu-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Gālava addresses the offender directly, labeling him ‘vidyādhara-adhama’ and decreeing descent into human birth; the offender’s celestial glow dims as the moral verdict lands.

Characters & Entities

• Gālava
• Vidyādhara

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karma is inescapable: wrongful acts ripen into fitting consequences, including loss of status and painful rebirth.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Setukhaṇḍa situates this karmic judgment within Setu-kṣetra’s sacred narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None is prescribed; the verse focuses on karmaphala (the result of misconduct).