Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 22
इतरेतरधर्मोऽयं निर्दिष्टः पद्मयोनिना । आवाभ्यां यत्कृतं कर्म युष्मदर्थं शुभाशुभम् । भोक्ष्यामो वयमेवेह तत्सर्वं नात्र संशयः
itaretaradharmo'yaṃ nirdiṣṭaḥ padmayoninā | āvābhyāṃ yatkṛtaṃ karma yuṣmadarthaṃ śubhāśubham | bhokṣyāmo vayameveha tatsarvaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ
ഈ പരസ്പരധർമ്മം പദ്മയോനി (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്) നിർദ്ദേശിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു. നിങ്ങളുടെ നിമിത്തം ഞങ്ങൾ ചെയ്ത ശുഭാശുഭ കർമ്മങ്ങളുടെ ഫലം മുഴുവനും ഞങ്ങൾ തന്നേ ഇവിടെ അനുഭവിക്കും; ഇതിൽ സംശയമില്ല।
Parents (mātā-pitarau)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Putra
Scene: Parents speak with solemn clarity, invoking Brahmā’s ordinance; the son listens as the doctrine of karmic retribution is stated—an atmosphere of moral gravity.
FAQs
Karma is personal: even actions done ‘for another’s sake’ yield results borne by the doer; dharma is reciprocal but accountability remains individual.
The doctrinal teaching is situated within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, aligning right conduct with the sanctity of Prabhāsa.
No explicit rite; the verse states a doctrinal rule about karma and reciprocal duty.