Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 66
तदाप्नुहि फलं सम्यक्छुभं कृत्वा गुरोरिदम् । त्वं शत्रुभिर्जितो युद्धे बंधनं समवाप्स्यसि
tadāpnuhi phalaṃ samyakchubhaṃ kṛtvā guroridam | tvaṃ śatrubhirjito yuddhe baṃdhanaṃ samavāpsyasi
ഗുരുവിന്റെ ഉപദേശപ്രകാരം ഈ ശുഭകർമ്മം യഥാവിധി നിർവഹിച്ചു നീ അതിന്റെ യഥാർത്ഥ ഫലം നിശ്ചയമായി പ്രാപിക്കും—യുദ്ധത്തിൽ ശത്രുക്കൾ നിന്നെ ജയിച്ച് നീ ബന്ധനം (കാരാഗൃഹവാസം) അനുഭവിക്കും।
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative convention)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stern speaker pronounces a fated consequence: a warrior-figure is shown defeated on a battlefield and led away in chains, while a guru/elder stands as the moral axis of the scene.
FAQs
It emphasizes karma-phala and obedience to dharma: actions done according to (or in relation to) a guru’s instruction yield definite results, including adverse outcomes when the rite is connected with a curse/warning context.
This verse itself is a phala-statement within the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya context, but it does not name a particular tīrtha in the given line; the specific site must be inferred from the surrounding verses of Adhyāya 192.
Only a general prescription is stated—'having properly performed this auspicious act as taught by the guru'; no explicit snāna, dāna, japa, or vrata is specified in this single shloka.