Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

शुद्ध्यर्थं तेन विश्वस्य स्थापिता संस्थितिर्यथा । फलेन पालिता सा च नान्यथा तां श्रृणुष्व च

Transliteration

śuddhyarthaṃ tena viśvasya sthāpitā saṃsthitiryathā | phalena pālitā sā ca nānyathā tāṃ śrṛṇuṣva ca

Translation

เพื่อความบริสุทธิ์ พระองค์ทรงสถาปนาระเบียบแห่งการดำรงรักษาจักรวาล; และระเบียบนั้นดำรงอยู่ได้ด้วย ‘ผล’ ของมัน คือผลแห่งกรรม มิใช่ด้วยทางอื่น จงฟังเถิด

Word by Word

• शुद्ध्यर्थम्: for purification
• शुद्ध्यर्थम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुद्धि + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थक (purpose)

• तेन: by him/thereby
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• विश्वस्य: of the universe
• विश्वस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• स्थापिता: established
• स्थापिता: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संस्थितिः: order/arrangement
• संस्थितिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संस्थिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• यथा: as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय (as/just as)

• फलेन: by fruit/result
• फलेन: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• पालिता: protected/maintained
• पालिता: Kriya (Predicate participle/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पाल् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सा: that (order)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (Negation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (negation)

• अन्यथा: otherwise
• अन्यथा: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: क्रियाविशेषण (otherwise)

• ताम्: that (teaching/thing)
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• शृणुष्व: listen
• शृणुष्व: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Unspecified (reply continuing after Kālabhīti’s question)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A didactic tableau: the teacher gestures to a cosmic diagram—sun, moon, seasons, and beings—linked by a chain labeled ‘phala’. Streams of light indicate purification flowing through ordered rites and ethical acts.

Characters & Entities

• Śiva (implied as cosmic establisher)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order and purification operate through dharma and karma-phala; results are integral to how the world’s order is sustained.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified; the verse is cosmological and ethical rather than geographical.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription; it frames why prescriptions yield ‘fruit’ (phala) within a purification-oriented cosmos.