Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
यथा धेनुसहस्रेषु वत्सो विन्दति मातरम् । तथैवं कोटिमध्यस्थं कर्तारं कर्म विन्दति
yathā dhenusahasreṣu vatso vindati mātaram | tathaivaṃ koṭimadhyasthaṃ kartāraṃ karma vindati
যেমন হাজার গাভীর মধ্যে বাছুর নিজের মাকেই খুঁজে পায়, তেমনি কর্মও কোটি জনের মাঝখানে থাকলেও কর্তারাকেই অনুসন্ধান করে পায়।
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pastoral scene near a sacred river: a calf runs through a vast herd and unerringly reaches its mother; above, an allegorical thread links a person to a karmic ‘seed’ returning to him.
FAQs
No one can hide from the moral law; karmic consequences inevitably locate the responsible agent.
No tīrtha is named in the verse; it strengthens the ethical seriousness of tīrtha practice.
None; it uses a memorable simile to teach karmic certainty.