Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 78
त्रिभिर्दिनैस्त्रिभिः पक्षैस्त्रिभिर्मासैस्त्रिभिः समैः । अत्युग्रपुण्यपापानां मानेन फलमश्नुते
tribhirdinaistribhiḥ pakṣaistribhirmāsaistribhiḥ samaiḥ | atyugrapuṇyapāpānāṃ mānena phalamaśnute
Within three days, three fortnights, three months, or three years—according to the measure of exceedingly intense merit or sin—one partakes of the result.
Narrative instructor voice (identity not explicit)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic time-wheel divided into four arcs labeled: 3 days, 3 fortnights, 3 months, 3 years; on one side bright merit motifs (lotus, lamp), on the other dark sin motifs (smoke, thorns), all under the gaze of a calm liṅga.
FAQs
Karmic fruition may be swift or delayed, and its timing corresponds to the intensity of one’s merit or wrongdoing.
No tīrtha is named; the verse provides a general doctrine of karmic timing.
No specific rite is prescribed; it states the timeframe in which results may manifest.