Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 55
भवंति चात्र श्लोकाः । यस्मिन्काले च देशे च वयसा यादृशेन च । कृतं शुभाशुभं कर्म तत्तथा तेन भुज्यते
bhavaṃti cātra ślokāḥ | yasminkāle ca deśe ca vayasā yādṛśena ca | kṛtaṃ śubhāśubhaṃ karma tattathā tena bhujyate
ณที่นี้มีคาถากล่าวสรุปไว้ว่า ในกาลใด ในแดนใด และในวัยใดก็ตาม เมื่อกระทำกรรมอันเป็นกุศลหรืออกุศลแล้ว ผลกรรมนั้นย่อมถูกเสวยตามสมควรแก่กรรมนั้นเอง
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced from Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Scene: A didactic tableau: a sage instructs a seeker; behind them a symbolic balance/scale of karma, with scenes of good deeds flowering and harmful deeds returning as thorns—showing time/place/age as a wheel around the central law of causality.
FAQs
Karma is inescapable: deeds done in any circumstance return in due form; therefore choose śubha (good) actions.
No tīrtha is identified; this is a general karmic principle.
No specific ritual is named; it frames the ethical basis for choosing merit-producing conduct.