Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
कृते प्रतिकृतं कुर्याद्धिंसने प्रतिहिंसनम् । न तत्र जायते दोषो यो दुष्टे दुष्टमाचरेत्
kṛte pratikṛtaṃ kuryāddhiṃsane pratihiṃsanam | na tatra jāyate doṣo yo duṣṭe duṣṭamācaret
A una acción hecha, debe hacerse una acción de respuesta; a la violencia, una contra-violencia. En tal caso no nace culpa para quien obra “como el malvado” frente al malvado, es decir, responde según la falta.
Narrative context (General maxim within Tīrthamāhātmya moral discourse; likely quoted as accepted dharma principle)
Scene: A moral tableau: a wrongdoer confronted by a protector of dharma; the act is restrained and proportionate, with sages witnessing as arbiters of righteousness.
FAQs
Dharma may permit proportionate response to wrongdoing, framing it as morally non-culpable when directed against the wicked.
None is named in this verse; the tīrtha context is broader than this maxim.
None; it is a normative statement about conduct.