Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32
बहुभेदप्रभिन्नं तु मनुष्येषु विपच्यते । केषां दरिद्रभावेन केषां धनविपत्तिजम्
bahubhedaprabhinnaṃ tu manuṣyeṣu vipacyate | keṣāṃ daridrabhāvena keṣāṃ dhanavipattijam
Dalam kalangan manusia, karma masak dalam banyak perbezaan—bagi sesetengahnya sebagai kemiskinan, bagi yang lain sebagai musibah yang menimpa harta.
Śiva (didactic continuation)
Tirtha: Revā-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sequence of human conditions: one family in poverty, another facing sudden loss of riches, overseen by the impartial law of karma symbolized as a wheel or ledger near a riverbank sage.
FAQs
Life’s inequalities are framed as diverse ripenings of karma, encouraging responsibility and dharmic correction rather than despair.
The verse is doctrinal within the Revā Māhātmya narrative environment, rather than a direct praise of a named tīrtha.
None explicitly; the implied response is to adopt śubha karma, charity, and dharmic living to reshape future outcomes.