Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टोऽस्मि नराधिप । यथा न नरकं याति पुरुषस्तु स्वकर्मणा । यथा च नरकं याति स्वल्पपापोऽपि मानवः
etatte sarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭo'smi narādhipa | yathā na narakaṃ yāti puruṣastu svakarmaṇā | yathā ca narakaṃ yāti svalpapāpo'pi mānavaḥ
হে নরাধিপ! তুমি যা জিজ্ঞাসা করেছিলে, সবই আমি বলেছি—মানুষ নিজ কর্মে কীভাবে নরকে যায় না, আর কীভাবে অল্প পাপীও নরকে যেতে পারে।
Bhīṣma (to Yudhiṣṭhira)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (chapter conclusion)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira (narādhipa)
Scene: Bhīṣma, lying on the bed of arrows, instructs Yudhiṣṭhira with calm authority; the scene emphasizes closure and moral clarity about karma and hell.
FAQs
Karma is decisive: one’s own actions determine freedom from, or descent into, hell—so dharma must be practiced carefully.
This is a summarizing statement rather than a site-specific glorification; the chapter overall sits within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya.
None directly; it closes a set of prescriptions by stating the principle of karmic consequence.
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