Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 95
किं तु यत्तमसा कर्म कृतं तस्य प्रभावतः । धर्माय न रतिर्भूयात्ततस्तेषां विदांवर
kiṃ tu yattamasā karma kṛtaṃ tasya prabhāvataḥ | dharmāya na ratirbhūyāttatasteṣāṃ vidāṃvara
પરંતુ તમોગુણના પ્રભાવથી જે કર્મ કરાયું, તેના પરિણામે તેમના હૃદયમાં ધર્મ પ્રત્યે ફરી રતિ ઉત્પન્ન થતી નથી; તેથી, હે વિદ્વત્તમ।
Bāla
Listener: vidāṃ-vara (best among the wise) addressed within the discourse
Scene: A sage addresses an assembly of learned men, pointing to a shadowy figure bound by dark smoke (tamas) while a luminous path of dharma remains unchosen.
FAQs
Actions done in tamas may still bear fruit, yet they can leave the mind without genuine attraction to dharma.
No holy site is mentioned; the teaching concerns guṇa-based spiritual psychology.
None explicitly; it analyzes the inner effect of tamasic action on dharmic inclination.