Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 33
एकः पापानि कुरुते फलं भुंक्ते महाजनः । भोक्तारो विप्रमुच्यंते कर्ता दोषेण लिप्यते
ekaḥ pāpāni kurute phalaṃ bhuṃkte mahājanaḥ | bhoktāro vipramucyaṃte kartā doṣeṇa lipyate
Seorang melakukan dosa, namun hasilnya dinikmati oleh seisi rumah yang besar. Mereka yang sekadar turut menikmati dilepaskan, tetapi pelaku sendiri ternoda oleh kesalahan.
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A moral tableau: a thief confronted by serene sages; behind him a household receiving the fruits of wrongdoing; a subtle aura of ‘stain’ clinging to the doer while others remain comparatively unbound.
FAQs
Karmic accountability primarily adheres to the agent (kartā); benefiting from an act does not equal being its moral author.
No particular tīrtha is specified; the verse teaches dharma within the broader tīrtha-māhātmya narrative.
None; it is a principle of moral causality rather than a ritual directive.