Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 66
स्वयं कृतापराधानां दोषो कस्य न दीयते । यथा वने काष्ठवर्षाद्वह्निः स्याद्दैवयोगतः
svayaṃ kṛtāparādhānāṃ doṣo kasya na dīyate | yathā vane kāṣṭhavarṣādvahniḥ syāddaivayogataḥ
Pour ceux qui commettent des offenses de leur propre fait, sur qui ne fait-on pas retomber la faute ? Ainsi, dans la forêt, d’une averse de bois sec peut naître un feu, par la conjonction du destin.
King Kumārapāla (continuing his explanation)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic scene: in a forest, heaps of dry wood fall like a shower; a sudden flame springs up, illustrating how conditions and fate ignite consequences; a teacher-figure or king points to the example while addressing an audience.
FAQs
One must accept responsibility for self-made wrongdoing; circumstances (daiva) may catalyze results, but the fault begins with one’s own actions.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the verse conveys a general dharmic principle of karma and accountability.
None; it is a moral analogy rather than a ritual instruction.