Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 97
इहैवैकस्य नामुत्र अमुत्रैकस्य नो इह । इह चामुत्र चैकस्य नामुत्रैकस्य नो इह
ihaivaikasya nāmutra amutraikasya no iha | iha cāmutra caikasya nāmutraikasya no iha
ஒருவருக்கு பலன் இவ்வுலகிலேயே, மறுலகில் இல்லை; மற்றொருவருக்கு மறுலகிலேயே, இவ்வுலகில் இல்லை. ஒருவருக்கு இங்கும் அங்கும் இரண்டிலும்; மற்றொருவருக்கு அங்கும் இங்கும் எதுவும் இல்லை.
Bāla (summarizing karmic variability; attributed to traditional teaching context)
Scene: A sage draws four compartments on a board/palm-leaf: ‘here only’, ‘there only’, ‘both’, ‘neither’, with four figures representing each destiny—prosperous householder, ascetic gaining afterlife fruit, saintly benefitting both, and deluded sinner gaining neither.
FAQs
Karmic fruits do not follow a single pattern; results may appear in this life, the next, both, or be delayed/obscured depending on complex causes.
No holy site is named; the verse is a doctrinal summary about karmic fruition.
None explicitly; the verse classifies how karmaphala may manifest across worlds.