Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
कर्मानुसारतस्तानि सेवयंति नराधमाः । केचिदन्ये महेन्द्रादिलोकान्मोक्षं तथा परे
karmānusāratastāni sevayaṃti narādhamāḥ | kecidanye mahendrādilokānmokṣaṃ tathā pare
കർമ്മാനുസരിച്ച് ആ നരാധമർ ആ (നരകീയ) ദുഃഖങ്ങൾ അനുഭവിക്കുന്നു. ചിലർ മഹേന്ദ്രാദി ലോകങ്ങൾ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു; ചിലർ മോക്ഷം നേടുന്നു.
Skanda (deduced; exact speaker not stated in the snippet)
Scene: A tripartite vision: sinners led toward dark narakas, meritorious souls ascending to Indra-like celestial realms, and a few moving toward a luminous, formless liberation path.
FAQs
Karma determines one’s destination—suffering, heavenly enjoyment, or liberation—so dharmic living aims beyond mere reward toward mokṣa.
No specific site; the verse sets the karmic framework that tīrtha practices are meant to purify and elevate.
None explicitly; it implies that purifying actions (tīrtha-yātrā, vrata, niyama) can redirect karmic outcomes toward higher goals.