Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7
पापं वा यदि वा पुण्यं सर्वं कोटि गुणं भवेत् । तस्माद्दैत्यैर्न धर्षितं कदाचिदपि भोः सुराः
pāpaṃ vā yadi vā puṇyaṃ sarvaṃ koṭi guṇaṃ bhavet | tasmāddaityairna dharṣitaṃ kadācidapi bhoḥ surāḥ
سواء أكان ذنبًا أم ثوابًا، فكلّ شيء هناك يصير مضاعفًا كروْرَ مرّة. لذلك، يا معشر الآلهة، لم يجرؤ الدانافا قطّ على انتهاكه في أيّ زمان.
Brahmā
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devas (addressed as ‘भोः सुराः’)
Scene: A sanctified forest surrounded by an invisible protective boundary; Dānavas recoil at its edge, while the aura of karmic law shines—bright for merit, fierce for sin.
FAQs
Karma—good or bad—intensifies in a highly charged sacred field; hence one should act with heightened ethical care at a tirtha.
Dharmāraṇya, described as a place where all karmic results become multiplied.
An implicit prescription: avoid sinful acts in Dharmāraṇya, since their results too become greatly magnified.