Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14

Devanagari script

यस्यां यस्यामवस्थायां क्रियतेऽत्र शुभाशुभम् । तस्यां तस्यां ध्रुवं तस्य फलं तद्भुज्यते नरैः

Transliteration

yasyāṃ yasyāmavasthāyāṃ kriyate'tra śubhāśubham | tasyāṃ tasyāṃ dhruvaṃ tasya phalaṃ tadbhujyate naraiḥ

Translation

ในสภาพชีวิตใด ๆ ที่คนทำความดีหรือความชั่วไว้ ณ ที่นี้ ในสภาพนั้นเอง มนุษย์ย่อมเสวยผลของมันโดยแน่นอน

Word by Word

• yasyām: in which
• yasyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; सम्बन्धक (relative: “in which”)

• yasyām: in whichever
• yasyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग

• avasthāyām: state/condition
• avasthāyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avasthā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• kriyate: is done
• kriyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: “is done”)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: “here/in this context”)

• śubha-aśubham: good and bad (deed/result)
• śubha-aśubham: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha (प्रातिपदिक) + aśubha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-समास (itaretara), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; शुभं च अशुभं च

• tasyām: in that
• tasyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; तद्-सम्बन्ध (correlative: “in that”)

• tasyām: in that very (same)
• tasyām: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; पुनरुक्ति-प्रयोग

• dhruvam: certainly
• dhruvam: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: dhruva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणवत् प्रयोग (adverbial accusative/neuter: “certainly”)

• tasya: of him/of that
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• phalam: the fruit/result
• phalam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-वाक्ये कर्तृस्थानी (subject of passive)

• tad: that
• tad: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; भुज्यते-क्रियायाः कर्म-विशेषण (that very)

• bhujyate: is experienced/enjoyed
• bhujyate: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhuj (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive: “is experienced/enjoyed”)

• naraiḥ: by men/people
• naraiḥ: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; कर्मणि-वाक्ये कर्तृ (agent in passive)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A narrative tableau showing the same person in different life-states (youth, householder, ascetic) with corresponding outcomes, illustrating that fruits are tasted in the matching condition.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Karma is context-sensitive: deeds done in a given life-situation ripen for the doer in corresponding circumstances.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha discourse by grounding it in moral causality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse frames ethical responsibility as the foundation for meaningful pilgrimage.