Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 62
किंवा ते बहुनोक्तेन यद्यत्कर्म विगर्हितम् । क्लेशदं च तदस्माकं स्वयमेवोपतिष्ठते
kiṃvā te bahunoktena yadyatkarma vigarhitam | kleśadaṃ ca tadasmākaṃ svayamevopatiṣṭhate
കൂടുതൽ പറഞ്ഞിട്ട് എന്തു പ്രയോജനം? നിന്ദ്യവും ക്ലേശം വരുത്തുന്നതുമായ ഏത് കർമ്മങ്ങളുണ്ടോ, അവ തന്നെയാണ് ഞങ്ങളിലേക്കു സ്വയം വന്നു ചേരുന്നത്।
Preta(s) (departed spirits) addressing the king
Type: kshetra
Listener: King
Scene: A traveler speaks to a king with folded hands, expressing sober realization that censurable deeds bring suffering automatically; the background shows a road with signs of hardship.
FAQs
Blameworthy karma naturally ripens into suffering; dharma and rites are portrayed as remedies that counter such distress.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as ethical framing within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya discourse.
None explicitly; the verse underscores karmic causality that later motivates śrāddha/charitable acts.