Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78
त्रिभिर्दिनैस्त्रिभिः पक्षैस्त्रिभिर्मासैस्त्रिभिः समैः । अत्युग्रपुण्यपापानां मानेन फलमश्नुते
tribhirdinaistribhiḥ pakṣaistribhirmāsaistribhiḥ samaiḥ | atyugrapuṇyapāpānāṃ mānena phalamaśnute
তিন দিন, তিন পক্ষ, তিন মাস বা তিন বছরের মধ্যে—অত্যন্ত তীব্র পুণ্য বা পাপের পরিমাপ অনুসারে—মানুষ তার ফল ভোগ করে।
Narrative instructor voice (identity not explicit)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic time-wheel divided into four arcs labeled: 3 days, 3 fortnights, 3 months, 3 years; on one side bright merit motifs (lotus, lamp), on the other dark sin motifs (smoke, thorns), all under the gaze of a calm liṅga.
FAQs
Karmic fruition may be swift or delayed, and its timing corresponds to the intensity of one’s merit or wrongdoing.
No tīrtha is named; the verse provides a general doctrine of karmic timing.
No specific rite is prescribed; it states the timeframe in which results may manifest.