Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 43
ईदृशस्यतु यः कर्ता महापापस्य कर्मणः । स त्वं संप्राप्य मानुष्यं तस्मिन्नेव तु जन्मनि
īdṛśasyatu yaḥ kartā mahāpāpasya karmaṇaḥ | sa tvaṃ saṃprāpya mānuṣyaṃ tasminneva tu janmani
ผู้ใดกระทำกรรมอันเป็นมหาบาปเช่นนี้ ครั้นได้อุบัติเป็นมนุษย์แล้ว ย่อมเสวยผลกรรมนั้นแน่นอนในชาตินั้นเอง
Gālava (deduced from continuation in next verse: “ityuktvā gālavaḥ…”)
Scene: A sage pronounces a grave warning about immediate karmic retribution; the sinner stands humbled, shadowed by the weight of mahāpāpa, while dharma is visualized as a radiant balance or scripture in the sage’s hand.
FAQs
Grave actions (mahāpāpa) mature into tangible results, often within one’s very human lifetime—karma is inescapable.
This verse functions as narrative dharma-teaching within the Setu-khaṇḍa context; a specific tīrtha is not named in this line.
None here; the verse states karmic consequence rather than a vrata, snāna, dāna, or japa.