Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
नान्यत्कृतमपि स्वल्पं पातकं किंचिदेव हि । एतस्मात्कारणादेषा व्यथा संसेविता द्विज
nānyatkṛtamapi svalpaṃ pātakaṃ kiṃcideva hi | etasmātkāraṇādeṣā vyathā saṃsevitā dvija
“Sesungguhnya engkau tidak melakukan dosa yang lain sama sekali, walau sedikit pun. Wahai yang dua kali lahir, kerana sebab inilah penderitaan ini menimpa dan engkau mengalaminya.”
Dharmarāja (context continuation)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvija (Māṇḍavya)
Scene: Dharmarāja calmly concludes the diagnosis: no other sin exists; the present pain is the direct maturation of that single act—an austere moment of moral clarity.
FAQs
Karmic results can be specific and targeted; dharma is depicted as a precise moral order rather than vague fate.
No tīrtha is explicitly mentioned in this verse.
None in this line.