Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 19
त्किंचिद्दैवाद्धठात्किंचित्किंचिदेव स्वभावतः । पुरुषः फलमाप्नोति चतुर्थं नात्र कारणम्
tkiṃciddaivāddhaṭhātkiṃcitkiṃcideva svabhāvataḥ | puruṣaḥ phalamāpnoti caturthaṃ nātra kāraṇam
«Certains fruits viennent du destin, d’autres surviennent soudainement, d’autres encore naissent de la nature propre; ainsi l’homme obtient des résultats — il n’y a pas ici de quatrième cause.»
Śrī Devī
Scene: A calm teaching scene: an elder sage instructs a seeker, with three symbolic streams labeled ‘daiva’, ‘akasmāt’, ‘svabhāva’ converging into a single fruit-bearing tree of ‘phala’.
FAQs
Life’s outcomes are multi-causal; dharma encourages clarity about destiny, nature, and unforeseen turns rather than fatalism.
None; the verse is philosophical rather than geographical.
None explicitly; it frames the logic supporting purposeful practice like tapas.