Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 97
इहैवैकस्य नामुत्र अमुत्रैकस्य नो इह । इह चामुत्र चैकस्य नामुत्रैकस्य नो इह
ihaivaikasya nāmutra amutraikasya no iha | iha cāmutra caikasya nāmutraikasya no iha
काही एकासाठी फळ फक्त इहलोकी, परलोकी नाही; तर दुसऱ्यासाठी फळ फक्त परलोकी, इहलोकी नाही. काहीसाठी इह व पर—दोन्ही; आणि काहीसाठी ना पर, ना इह.
Bāla (summarizing karmic variability; attributed to traditional teaching context)
Scene: A sage draws four compartments on a board/palm-leaf: ‘here only’, ‘there only’, ‘both’, ‘neither’, with four figures representing each destiny—prosperous householder, ascetic gaining afterlife fruit, saintly benefitting both, and deluded sinner gaining neither.
FAQs
Karmic fruits do not follow a single pattern; results may appear in this life, the next, both, or be delayed/obscured depending on complex causes.
No holy site is named; the verse is a doctrinal summary about karmic fruition.
None explicitly; the verse classifies how karmaphala may manifest across worlds.