Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 88
बहुभिर्जन्मभिर्भोज्यं भुज्येतैकेन जन्मना । तच्च भुक्त्वात तस्त्वर्थो भवेदिति विनिश्चयः
bahubhirjanmabhirbhojyaṃ bhujyetaikena janmanā | tacca bhuktvāta tastvartho bhavediti viniścayaḥ
ما كان يُقضى أن يُذاق عبر ولادات كثيرة قد يُحتمل في ولادة واحدة؛ فإذا استُوفي ذلك الذوق وانقضى، بان المقصد الحقّ (في ترقّي الروح)—وهذا هو الحكم المبرم.
Bāla (the boy-sage, teaching in dialogue)
Scene: A single-life crucible: an ascetic/devotee endures a storm of symbolic karmas (dark clouds dissolving into light), culminating in a clear path or lotus of insight—‘artha’ revealed after exhaustion.
FAQs
Karmic results can mature quickly; once they are endured and exhausted, one gains clarity toward the higher aim of dharma and liberation.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it teaches a general Kaumārikākhaṇḍa doctrine on karmaphala and spiritual maturation.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; the verse frames a principle about experiencing and exhausting karmic results.