Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 3
इहैव कस्य कस्यैव कर्मणः पापकस्य च । प्रभावात्कीदृशो जायेत्कमठैतद्वदास्ति चेत्
ihaiva kasya kasyaiva karmaṇaḥ pāpakasya ca | prabhāvātkīdṛśo jāyetkamaṭhaitadvadāsti cet
यहीं पर—किस-किस पापकर्म के प्रभाव से मनुष्य किस प्रकार की देह-स्थिति में जन्म लेता है? हे कमठ, यदि यह जानने योग्य हो तो बताइए।
Atithi
Listener: Kamaṭha
Scene: A seeker respectfully questions Kamaṭha about which sins lead to which bodily afflictions, set in a quiet āśrama-like setting with palm-leaf manuscripts and a didactic atmosphere.
FAQs
Karma can manifest not only after death but also as visible consequences in embodied life.
None is mentioned; the verse introduces a moral-causal catalogue rather than a site-māhātmya.
No ritual is prescribed; it asks for an explanation of karmic cause-and-effect.