Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
येनैव यद्यथा पूर्वं कृतं कर्म शुभाशुभम् । स एव तत्तथा भुंक्ते नित्यं विहितमात्मनः
yenaiva yadyathā pūrvaṃ kṛtaṃ karma śubhāśubham | sa eva tattathā bhuṃkte nityaṃ vihitamātmanaḥ
بأيّ صورةٍ أتى المرءُ من قبلٍ بالأعمالِ الصالحةِ أو السيّئة، فهو وحده يذوقُ ثمرَها على تلك الصورة عينها، دائمًا كما قُدِّر له لنفسه.
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A moral tableau: a single traveler’s shadow follows him; on one side bright deeds (dāna, worship), on the other dark deeds (harm), both returning to him as mirrored outcomes.
FAQs
The doer is the experiencer: no one else can take away or bear the precise fruits of one’s deeds.
No site is directly named; the verse serves as a doctrinal anchor within the tīrtha chapter.
None; it asserts karmic accountability relevant to all religious acts, including tīrtha visits.