Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
नान्यत्कृतमपि स्वल्पं पातकं किंचिदेव हि । एतस्मात्कारणादेषा व्यथा संसेविता द्विज
nānyatkṛtamapi svalpaṃ pātakaṃ kiṃcideva hi | etasmātkāraṇādeṣā vyathā saṃsevitā dvija
「まことに、汝は他の罪を何一つ犯してはいない。わずかな罪すらないのだ。おお二度生まれし者よ、ただこの因縁ゆえにこそ、この痛みが汝に経験されている。」
Dharmarāja (context continuation)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija (Māṇḍavya)
Scene: Dharmarāja calmly concludes the diagnosis: no other sin exists; the present pain is the direct maturation of that single act—an austere moment of moral clarity.
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Karmic results can be specific and targeted; dharma is depicted as a precise moral order rather than vague fate.
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