Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 179
न पापं प्रति पापः स्याद्बुद्धिरेषा सनातनी । आत्मनैव हतः पापो यः पापं तु समाचरेत्
na pāpaṃ prati pāpaḥ syādbuddhireṣā sanātanī | ātmanaiva hataḥ pāpo yaḥ pāpaṃ tu samācaret
पापाच्या बदल्यात पाप करू नये—ही सनातन बुद्धी आहे; जो पाप करतो तो पापी स्वतःच्याच हातून नष्ट होतो।
Guru
Listener: Disciple/pilgrim
Scene: A pilgrim is wronged at a ghat; instead of striking back, he steps aside with composed face, while the aggressor’s posture shows inner agitation—karma turning inward.
FAQs
Retaliation with wrongdoing deepens bondage; wrongdoing destroys the doer through karma.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
No formal ritual; it prescribes ethical non-retaliation and karmic awareness.
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