Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43
तथात्र त्रिविधं पापं प्रवदंति मनीषिणः । मानसं वाचिकं चैव कर्मजं च तृतीयकम् । तदस्माकं द्विधा जातमेकं चास्या मुनीश्वर
tathātra trividhaṃ pāpaṃ pravadaṃti manīṣiṇaḥ | mānasaṃ vācikaṃ caiva karmajaṃ ca tṛtīyakam | tadasmākaṃ dvidhā jātamekaṃ cāsyā munīśvara
ইয়াত মনীষীসকলে কয় যে পাপ ত্ৰিবিধ—মানসিক, বাচিক আৰু তৃতীয় কৰ্মজ। হে মুনীশ্বৰ, ইয়াৰ ভিতৰত দুটা মোৰ মাজত জন্মিছে, আৰু এটা তাইৰ মাজত।
Kāma (Kāmadeva)
Type: kshetra
Listener: munīśvara (great sage)
Scene: A reflective speaker explains to a great sage that sin is threefold—mental, verbal, and bodily—confessing that two kinds arose in himself while only one arose in the woman, implying comparative innocence and setting up mitigation of a curse.
FAQs
Wrongdoing is graded by mind, speech, and action; dharma evaluates responsibility by the level of participation.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides a dharma teaching inside a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
Not directly; it prepares the ground for expiation principles by distinguishing types of pāpa.
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