Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 97
इहैवैकस्य नामुत्र अमुत्रैकस्य नो इह । इह चामुत्र चैकस्य नामुत्रैकस्य नो इह
ihaivaikasya nāmutra amutraikasya no iha | iha cāmutra caikasya nāmutraikasya no iha
Pour l’un, le résultat n’est qu’ici et non dans l’autre monde ; pour un autre, il n’est que dans l’autre monde et non ici. Pour l’un, il est ici et là-bas ; pour un autre, il n’est ni là-bas ni ici.
Bāla (summarizing karmic variability; attributed to traditional teaching context)
Scene: A sage draws four compartments on a board/palm-leaf: ‘here only’, ‘there only’, ‘both’, ‘neither’, with four figures representing each destiny—prosperous householder, ascetic gaining afterlife fruit, saintly benefitting both, and deluded sinner gaining neither.
FAQs
Karmic fruits do not follow a single pattern; results may appear in this life, the next, both, or be delayed/obscured depending on complex causes.
No holy site is named; the verse is a doctrinal summary about karmic fruition.
None explicitly; the verse classifies how karmaphala may manifest across worlds.