Vamana Purana — Karmic Causes of Narakas, Shloka 6
Karmic Causes of Narakas and the Irremediability of Ingratitude (Kṛtaghna-doṣa)
कन्यामेकस्य दत्त्वा च ददत्यन्यस्य ये ऽधमाः करपत्रेण पाट्यन्ते ते द्विधा यमकिङ्करैः
kanyāmekasya dattvā ca dadatyanyasya ye 'dhamāḥ karapatreṇa pāṭyante te dvidhā yamakiṅkaraiḥ
जे अधम लोक एका पुरुषाला कन्या देऊन पुन्हा तिलाच दुसऱ्याला देतात, त्यांना यमाचे किङ्कर करपत्र (हात-छुरी) घेऊन दोन तुकडे करतात.
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FAQs
Marriage-giving (kanyā-dāna) is treated as a solemn, trust-based dharmic act; violating it by duplicity is condemned as a grave breach of social and moral order, warranting severe consequence.
This is ethical-legal instruction (ācāra/dharma) and an example of Purāṇic karmaphala description (results of actions). It is not a direct instance of the five lakṣaṇas but a didactic insertion.
The ‘splitting in two’ mirrors the act of duplicity—attempting to divide a single pledged person between two claims. The imagery externalizes inner moral fracture as an outward, retributive fracture.