Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
अथ त्वमपि यद्वत्स प्रकरोषि शुभाशुभम् । भोक्ष्यसे सकलं तद्वत्स्वयं नान्यः परत्र च
atha tvamapi yadvatsa prakaroṣi śubhāśubham | bhokṣyase sakalaṃ tadvatsvayaṃ nānyaḥ paratra ca
“Dan engkau juga, wahai anak yang dikasihi—apa jua yang engkau lakukan, baik atau buruk, engkau akan mengalami semuanya sendiri; di alam sana tiada orang lain yang menanggungnya.”
Parents (mātā-pitarau)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Putra
Scene: A close, intimate teaching moment: parents address the son as ‘vatsa’, emphasizing tenderness while stating an uncompromising law of karma and the next world.
FAQs
Individual karma is inescapable: each person alone reaps their deeds, especially ‘paratra’ (after death).
The verse is part of Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, but does not name a specific tīrtha within Prabhāsa.
None; it is a doctrinal statement about karma and the afterlife.