Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37
जनने त्रिविधं कर्म हेतुर्जंतोर्भवेत्किल । पुण्यं पापं च मिश्रं च सत्त्वराजसतामसम्
janane trividhaṃ karma heturjaṃtorbhavetkila | puṇyaṃ pāpaṃ ca miśraṃ ca sattvarājasatāmasam
Zur Zeit der Geburt, so heißt es, ist die Ursache, die den Lauf eines Wesens bestimmt, dreifaches Karma: verdienstvoll, sündhaft und gemischt — entsprechend den Guṇas sattva, rajas und tamas.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Listener: Dvija (questioner)
Scene: Kamaṭha explains the triad of karma—puṇya, pāpa, miśra—mapped to sattva, rajas, tamas, as the causal seed of birth.
FAQs
Rebirth follows the moral and psychological quality of one’s karma—merit, sin, or a mixture—shaped by the guṇas.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it presents a general dharma teaching on karma and rebirth.
None explicitly; the verse frames ethics and inner qualities (guṇas) as the determinant of destiny.