Vamana Purana — Karmic Causes of Narakas, Shloka 6
Karmic Causes of Narakas and the Irremediability of Ingratitude (Kṛtaghna-doṣa)
कन्यामेकस्य दत्त्वा च ददत्यन्यस्य ये ऽधमाः करपत्रेण पाट्यन्ते ते द्विधा यमकिङ्करैः
kanyāmekasya dattvā ca dadatyanyasya ye 'dhamāḥ karapatreṇa pāṭyante te dvidhā yamakiṅkaraiḥ
ஒருவனுக்குக் கன்னியைக் கொடுத்து, பின்னர் இன்னொருவனுக்குக் கொடுக்கும் கீழ்மக்கள்—யமனின் தூதர்களால் கை-கத்தி (கரபத்திரம்) கொண்டு இரண்டாகப் பிளக்கப்படுவர்.
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FAQs
Marriage-giving (kanyā-dāna) is treated as a solemn, trust-based dharmic act; violating it by duplicity is condemned as a grave breach of social and moral order, warranting severe consequence.
This is ethical-legal instruction (ācāra/dharma) and an example of Purāṇic karmaphala description (results of actions). It is not a direct instance of the five lakṣaṇas but a didactic insertion.
The ‘splitting in two’ mirrors the act of duplicity—attempting to divide a single pledged person between two claims. The imagery externalizes inner moral fracture as an outward, retributive fracture.