Shloka 12
Skanda–Mātṛgaṇa-janma: Kumārakāḥ, Kanyāgaṇāḥ, and the Vīrāṣṭaka (स्कन्द-मातृगण-सम्भवः)
कर्मदोषश्न वै विद्वन्नात्मजातिकृतेन ते । कज्चित् कालमुष्यतां वै ततो5सि भविता द्विज:,विद्वन! आपको जो यह कर्मदोष (दूषित कर्म) प्राप्त हुआ है, वह आपके पूर्वजन्मके कर्मका फल है। इस जन्मके नहीं। अत: कुछ कालतक और इसी रूपमें रहें। फिर आप ब्राह्मण हो जायँगे
karmadoṣo na vai vidvann ātmajātikṛtena te | kañcit kālam uṣyatāṃ vai tato ’si bhavitā dvijaḥ ||
婆羅門は言った。「賢者よ、そなたに及んだこの業の穢れ（karmadoṣa）は、今生の行いの結果ではない。前の生のカルマの果である。ゆえに、しばらくはこのままの姿で留まれ。やがて、そなたは再び婆羅門となろう。」
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches karmic continuity across births: present suffering or stigma may arise from past-life actions rather than current-life deeds, and endurance over time can lead to restoration of one’s rightful dharmic status.
A Brahmin addresses a learned person who is experiencing a degraded condition, explaining that it is due to past karma and advising him to remain in that state for a while longer, after which he will regain the status of a dvija (Brahmin/twice-born).