Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

अन्यदेहं समाश्रित्य भुंजानाः कर्मणः फलम् । शुभं वा यदि वा पापं स्वयं विहितमात्मनः

Transliteration

anyadehaṃ samāśritya bhuṃjānāḥ karmaṇaḥ phalam | śubhaṃ vā yadi vā pāpaṃ svayaṃ vihitamātmanaḥ

Translation

دوسرا جسم اختیار کرکے وہ اپنے اعمال کا پھل بھگتتے ہیں—نیکی ہو یا بدی—وہی کام جو انہوں نے خود کیے ہوتے ہیں۔

Word by Word

• अन्यदेहम्: another body
• अन्यदेहम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्य + देह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—अन्यः देहः (another body)

• समाश्रित्य: having resorted to; having taken refuge in
• समाश्रित्य: Pūrvakāla-kriyā (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सम्-आ-√श्रि (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)

• भुञ्जानाः: enjoying; experiencing
• भुञ्जानाः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भुज् (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्); आत्मनेपद-प्रयोग; पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• कर्मणः: of (one's) action
• कर्मणः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

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

• शुभम्: good; auspicious (result)
• शुभम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (फलम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणवत्)

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प (disjunctive particle)

• यदि: if
• यदि: Hetu/Śarti (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त (conditional particle: 'if')

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (Alternative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्प

• पापम्: evil; sinful (result)
• पापम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (फलम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणवत्)

• स्वयम्: by oneself
• स्वयम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: स्वयम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (reflexive adverb: 'oneself')

• विहितम्: done; ordained; performed
• विहितम्: Karma (Object qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-√धा (धातु) + त (कृत्)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; फलम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• आत्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

Speaker

Bhartṛyajña

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: king (implied continuation)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A jīva moving from one body to another, carrying a subtle ledger of deeds; scenes of good and evil actions blossoming into corresponding fruits in a new life.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The soul continues through embodiment, inevitably tasting the results of self-created karma—hence dharma and purification matter.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is specified; the teaching undergirds why tīrtha-sevā and dharmic acts are pursued.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit ritual; it states the general law of karmic fruition across rebirth.