Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
यस्यां यस्यामवस्थायां क्रियतेऽत्र शुभाशुभम् । तस्यां तस्यां ध्रुवं तस्य फलं तद्भुज्यते नरैः
yasyāṃ yasyāmavasthāyāṃ kriyate'tra śubhāśubham | tasyāṃ tasyāṃ dhruvaṃ tasya phalaṃ tadbhujyate naraiḥ
इथे ज्या-ज्या अवस्थेत मनुष्य शुभ वा अशुभ कर्म करतो, त्या-त्या अवस्थेतच त्याचे फळ निश्चयाने मनुष्य भोगतो.
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Scene: A narrative tableau showing the same person in different life-states (youth, householder, ascetic) with corresponding outcomes, illustrating that fruits are tasted in the matching condition.
FAQs
Karma is context-sensitive: deeds done in a given life-situation ripen for the doer in corresponding circumstances.
No single site is named in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha discourse by grounding it in moral causality.
None explicitly; the verse frames ethical responsibility as the foundation for meaningful pilgrimage.