Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
ऋषय ऊचुः । यद्येवं चौर तद्गत्वा त्वं पृच्छस्व कुटुम्बकम् । ममपापांशभागी त्वं किं भविष्यसि किं न वा
ṛṣaya ūcuḥ | yadyevaṃ caura tadgatvā tvaṃ pṛcchasva kuṭumbakam | mamapāpāṃśabhāgī tvaṃ kiṃ bhaviṣyasi kiṃ na vā
قال الحكماء: «إن كان الأمر كذلك، أيها السارق، فاذهب واسأل أهل بيتك. إن كنت ستشارك نصيبًا من إثمي، فماذا يكون حالك—أتقبله أم لا؟»
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Listener: coraḥ (thief/robber)
Scene: Sages, unafraid, address the thief with measured gestures; the thief’s aggression pauses as the question lands—‘ask your household.’
FAQs
Sin is not automatically transferable; one must face the moral reality of one’s own actions and not presume others will share the burden.
This verse is part of the Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but the specific tīrtha name is not stated in this single shloka.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa) is prescribed here; it is an ethical inquiry about karmic share (saṃvibhāga).