Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 31
ततः कालेन संप्राप्तो यमस्य सदनं प्रति । विपाप्मापि च चिह्नेन युक्तोऽयं पृथिवीपतिः
tataḥ kālena saṃprāpto yamasya sadanaṃ prati | vipāpmāpi ca cihnena yukto'yaṃ pṛthivīpatiḥ
പിന്നീട് കാലക്രമത്തിൽ ആ രാജാവ് യമന്റെ സദനത്തിലെത്തി; പാപമുക്തനായിട്ടും ആ കർമത്തിന്റെ ഒരു അടയാളം അവനിൽ ശേഷിച്ചു.
Śrī Bhagavān (Janārdana/Viṣṇu)
Listener: bhūpati (king)
Scene: A king, purified yet bearing a faint karmic mark, approaches Yama’s radiant court where Dharma weighs deeds with impartiality.
FAQs
Purification can remove sin’s guilt, yet karmic consequences may persist as a ‘mark,’ underscoring moral causality.
The broader narrative still points to tīrtha power (notably Kāśī mentioned earlier) while clarifying the complexity of karmic residue.
None directly; it describes the karmic outcome despite prior purification disciplines.