Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 11
दारिद्र्यव्याधिमरणबन्धनव्यसनानि च । एतानि चैव पापस्य फलानीति मतिर्मम
dāridryavyādhimaraṇabandhanavyasanāni ca | etāni caiva pāpasya phalānīti matirmama
வறுமை, நோய், மரணம், சிறைபாடு, பலவிதத் துன்பங்கள்—இவை அனைத்தும் பாவத்தின் பலன்கள்; இதுவே என் உறுதியான கருத்து.
Unspecified narrator within Revā Khaṇḍa (deductively: a Purāṇic narrator addressing a royal listener, continued as 'narādhipa/nṛpa' in following verses)
Scene: A didactic tableau: symbolic figures of poverty, illness, death, bondage, and calamity shown as shadows trailing a sinner, contrasted with the calm promise of purification.
FAQs
It teaches karmic causality: sinful actions mature into suffering such as poverty, illness, bondage, and distress.
The broader passage belongs to the Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha context, preparing for the praise of a specific Devatīrtha described in the next verses.
No direct rite is prescribed here; it frames why purification and tīrtha-based practices become meaningful.