Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 16
अतोऽस्माभिरिहानीता निरयं यातु वा न वा । अनया साधितो बाल्ये पुण्यलेशोऽस्ति वा न वा
ato'smābhirihānītā nirayaṃ yātu vā na vā | anayā sādhito bālye puṇyaleśo'sti vā na vā
اسی لیے ہم اسے یہاں لے آئے ہیں—یہ دوزخ کو جائے یا نہ جائے۔ بتائیے، کیا اس نے بچپن میں پُنّیہ کا ذرا سا بھی نشان کمایا تھا یا نہیں؟
Yamadūta
Listener: Śiva-dūtas (and implicitly the adjudicating authority)
Scene: A solemn tribunal-like moment: emissaries present an old woman; the narrator/authority figure questions whether she has any trace of childhood merit; scrolls or symbolic balance scales suggest karmic accounting; atmosphere tense yet compassionate.
FAQs
In Purāṇic ethics, even a minute merit can alter destiny; moral causality is subtle and decisive.
No site is mentioned; the verse frames a karmic inquiry within the Śiva–Yama narrative.
None directly; it alludes generally to merit (puṇya) gained through dharmic acts.