Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 63

Devanagari script

कर्मणामविलंघ्यत्वात्कालस्याप्यनतिक्रमात् । अनित्यत्वाच्च भावानां न शोकं कर्तुमर्हसि

Transliteration

karmaṇāmavilaṃghyatvātkālasyāpyanatikramāt | anityatvācca bhāvānāṃ na śokaṃ kartumarhasi

Translation

既然业行之果不可违越，连时光亦不可逾越；又因诸法无常——故汝不应沉溺于忧悲。

Word by Word

• कर्मणाम्: of actions (karmas)
• कर्मणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

• अविलङ्घ्यत्वात्: because of (their) being untransgressable
• अविलङ्घ्यत्वात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source; हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-वि-लङ्घ्य-त्व (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √लङ्घ् (धातु) + यत्/ल्यप्-भाव + त्व)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); भाववाचक-त्वान्त (abstract noun)

• कालस्य: of time
• कालस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), एकवचन (Singular)

• अपि: also/even
• अपि: Sambandha (Particle/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle); समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थ (also/even)

• अनतिक्रमात्: because of not being able to overstep (it)
• अनतिक्रमात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source; हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्-अति-क्रम (प्रातिपदिक; √क्रम् (धातु) + घञ्/भाव)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); भाववाचक (act/state of not passing beyond)

• अनित्यत्वात्: because of impermanence
• अनित्यत्वात्: Hetu/Apādāna (Cause/Source; हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अ-नित्य-त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन (Singular); त्वान्त-भाववाचक (abstract noun)

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

• भावानाम्: of beings/things/states
• भावानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन (Plural)

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

• शोकम्: grief
• शोकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन (Singular)

• कर्तुम्: to do/make
• कर्तुम्: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), क्रियार्थक-अव्ययवत्; अर्थः—"to do"

• अर्हसि: you ought/are fit
• अर्हसि: Kriyā (Main verb/action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

A Purāṇic teacher (speaker not explicit in the snippet; likely a sage/ācārya figure addressing a grieving listener in Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A calm teacher addresses a grieving listener; behind them a symbolic wheel of Time and a stream carrying away fallen leaves, indicating karma and impermanence.

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Grief lessens when one sees that karma bears fruit inevitably, time cannot be resisted, and all worldly states are impermanent.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is praised in this verse; it gives a general Purāṇic teaching on karma, time, and impermanence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No ritual is prescribed here; it is a contemplative instruction (jñāna/vairāgya) aimed at removing śoka.