Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 95
किं तु यत्तमसा कर्म कृतं तस्य प्रभावतः । धर्माय न रतिर्भूयात्ततस्तेषां विदांवर
kiṃ tu yattamasā karma kṛtaṃ tasya prabhāvataḥ | dharmāya na ratirbhūyāttatasteṣāṃ vidāṃvara
কিন্তু তমোগুণের প্রভাবে যে কর্ম করা হয়েছে, তার ফলেই তাদের হৃদয়ে ধর্মে আর রতি জন্মায় না; অতএব, হে বিদ্বৎশ্রেষ্ঠ।
Bāla
Listener: vidāṃ-vara (best among the wise) addressed within the discourse
Scene: A sage addresses an assembly of learned men, pointing to a shadowy figure bound by dark smoke (tamas) while a luminous path of dharma remains unchosen.
FAQs
Actions done in tamas may still bear fruit, yet they can leave the mind without genuine attraction to dharma.
No holy site is mentioned; the teaching concerns guṇa-based spiritual psychology.
None explicitly; it analyzes the inner effect of tamasic action on dharmic inclination.