Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 114
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य तस्य पुत्रो बभूव ह । विरूपस्यापि रूपाढ्यः पूर्वकर्मप्रभावतः
kasyacittvatha kālasya tasya putro babhūva ha | virūpasyāpi rūpāḍhyaḥ pūrvakarmaprabhāvataḥ
وبعد حينٍ من الزمان وُلِد له ابنٌ؛ فمع أنّ الأب كان مشوَّه الهيئة، كان الابن حسنَ الطلعة، وذلك بتأثير أعمالٍ سابقةٍ (كارما) من قبل.
Viśvāmitra
Listener: The King
Scene: A handsome son is born to the ill-formed Kumbhaka; the contrast is explicitly attributed to the power of prior deeds, signaling a destined shift in the story.
FAQs
The verse highlights karma doctrine: present qualities can arise from prior deeds, not merely from visible lineage or appearance.
No specific tīrtha is named; it continues the Vardhamāna-setting backstory within Tīrthamāhātmya.
None; it is a doctrinal-narrative statement about karma’s effects.
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