Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78

Devanagari script

कर्म्मणां हि च सर्वेषां शास्ता कर्मानुसारतः । बभूव डंबरो नॄणां भूतानां च समाहितः

Transliteration

karmmaṇāṃ hi ca sarveṣāṃ śāstā karmānusārataḥ | babhūva ḍaṃbaro nṝṇāṃ bhūtānāṃ ca samāhitaḥ

Translation

ตามกฎแห่งกรรม เขาได้เป็นผู้ปกครองแท้เหนือการกระทำทั้งปวง; สำหรับมนุษย์และสรรพสัตว์ เขาเป็นผู้กำกับที่มั่นคง สงบ และตั้งมั่น

Word by Word

• कर्मणाम्: of actions
• कर्मणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha-bodhaka (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, निपात (emphatic/causal particle)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: त्रिलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive), बहुवचन

• शास्ता: ruler, chastiser, governor
• शास्ता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शास् (धातु) + तृ (कृदन्त) / शास्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कर्मानुसारतः: according to (their) deeds
• कर्मानुसारतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कर्मन् + अनुसार (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (कर्म + अनुसार), तस्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (adverbial), 'according to actions'

• बभूव: became
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• डंबरः: Ḍaṃbara (name)
• डंबरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: डंबर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• नॄणाम्: of men
• नॄणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• भूतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय (conjunction)

• समाहितः: composed, well-settled
• समाहितः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-आ-धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

Lomaśa (continuing narration)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Yama appears as a steady judge: composed face, balanced posture, holding daṇḍa/śūla-like staff; beings and humans arrayed, suggesting impartial karmic order under a higher divine sanction.

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Karma

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Cosmic order operates through karma; righteous governance and judgment follow the law of deeds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is embedded in Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative milieu rather than directly praising a single tirtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual instruction appears; the focus is karmic jurisprudence and steadiness in duty.