Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34
कुर्वंस्तत्पापभागी स्यात्तस्य दंडो यथाविधि । न्यायं न पश्यते यस्तु शक्तौ सत्यां सदा यतः
kurvaṃstatpāpabhāgī syāttasya daṃḍo yathāvidhi | nyāyaṃ na paśyate yastu śaktau satyāṃ sadā yataḥ
যি তেনে পাপক সমৰ্থন কৰে, সিও সেই পাপৰ ভাগী হয়; তাৰো বিধি অনুসাৰে দণ্ড আছে। আৰু যাৰ শক্তি থাকিও ন্যায় নেদেখে, সি সদায় নিন্দনীয়।
Narratorial voice (contextual dharma-instruction; explicit speaker not stated in this verse)
Scene: A powerful leader witnesses wrongdoing; two paths shown: intervening with daṇḍa vs. turning away. The verse’s moral is depicted as a shadow of sin falling on the enabler.
FAQs
Complicity is itself adharma; failing to uphold justice when empowered attracts sin and rightful punishment.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the focus is on nyāya (justice) as dharma within the Dharmāraṇya narrative.
It prescribes daṇḍa (penalty) according to rule for those who participate in or enable wrongdoing.