Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
अत्र मे कौतुकं जातं तस्माद्देहि विनिर्णयम् । भवेन्न वा भवेत्कर्म कृतं यच्च शुभाशुभम्
atra me kautukaṃ jātaṃ tasmāddehi vinirṇayam | bhavenna vā bhavetkarma kṛtaṃ yacca śubhāśubham
Ici un doute s’est levé en moi; accorde-moi donc un jugement décisif : le karma accompli—heureux ou funeste—porte-t-il sûrement son fruit, ou se peut-il qu’il n’en porte pas ?
Unspecified petitioner/king (contextual; speaking to a sage)
Scene: The petitioner, now composed, asks a formal philosophical question; the sage prepares to deliver a decisive teaching, perhaps holding a manuscript or pointing to a sacred river/altar as witness to dharma.
FAQs
It raises the central dharmic question of karmaphala—how and when actions yield results—inviting authoritative clarification.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it requests doctrinal determination.