Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
न नश्यति पुराकर्म कृतं सर्वेंद्रियैरिह । अकृतं जायते नैव तस्मान्नास्ति भयं मम
na naśyati purākarma kṛtaṃ sarveṃdriyairiha | akṛtaṃ jāyate naiva tasmānnāsti bhayaṃ mama
L’acte ancien ne périt pas : les œuvres accomplies ici avec tous les sens ne s’évanouissent jamais. Et ce qui n’a pas été fait ne naît point ; ainsi je n’ai aucune crainte.
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Scene: A composed figure speaks with calm fearlessness, perhaps before a shrine or on a ghat, asserting that past deeds do not vanish and the unperformed does not occur; listeners appear reassured.
FAQs
Reality is morally ordered: what you have done remains accountable, and what you have not done cannot be blamed on you—this clarity dispels fear.
No named tīrtha appears in the verse; it provides a universal karmic principle within the pilgrimage chapter.
None; it is a doctrinal statement supporting dharma and responsibility.