Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 26
भूमिदान-प्रसङ्गः । काश्यपी-पृथिवी तथा उतथ्य-वरुण-संवादः
Land-gift episode; Pṛthivī Kāśyapī; Utathya–Varuṇa dispute
यावच्च जायते मर्त्यस्तावच्छूरो भविष्यति । वह अपने सारे पापोंको धो डालता है और परलोकमें आधिपत्य प्राप्त करता है। फिर जब वह मनुष्ययोनिमें जन्म लेता है, तब शूरवीर होता है
yāvac ca jāyate martyas tāvac chūro bhaviṣyati |
Skanda declares that as long as a person continues to be born as a mortal, he will repeatedly be born with the spirit of a hero. Through the purifying fruit of his conduct he washes away accumulated sin, attains lordship in the next world, and when he returns to human birth, he is endowed again with valor and heroic disposition.
स्कन्द उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse links moral-spiritual consequence with character across births: by the fruit of one’s deeds (especially those praised in this context), sin is purified, higher status is gained in the next world, and on returning to human birth one is naturally endowed with heroic valor.
Skanda is speaking and describing the continuing results of a person’s conduct across the cycle of births—attainment in the other world and the reappearance of bravery when reborn among humans.