Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
यदि जीवेत्पुनरयं चिरायुर्वै भविष्यति । अतो मया कृतं हास्यं विचित्रा कर्मणो गतिः
yadi jīvetpunarayaṃ cirāyurvai bhaviṣyati | ato mayā kṛtaṃ hāsyaṃ vicitrā karmaṇo gatiḥ
“แต่หากเขารอดชีวิตได้ ก็จักมีอายุยืนแน่แท้ ด้วยเหตุนั้นเราจึงยิ้ม—วิถีแห่งกรรมช่างพิสดารนัก”
Jñānī brāhmaṇa (sāmudrajña/wise knower)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka et al. (frame) / internal audience: the sage-father
Scene: The brāhmaṇa smiles faintly—not in cruelty but in awe—explaining the strange turns of karma; the father listens, torn between fear and hope.
FAQs
Karma’s outcomes can turn dramatically; knowing this, one should act swiftly in dharma rather than despair.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the narrative frames karmic reversal and religious response within a sacred landscape.
None explicitly here; it implies a need for dharmic measures that may alter the outcome.