Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 98
पापं यदि कृतं सर्वं पापं च वर्द्धते ध्रुवम् । कुर्वाणो नरके घोरे पच्यते नात्र संशयः
pāpaṃ yadi kṛtaṃ sarvaṃ pāpaṃ ca varddhate dhruvam | kurvāṇo narake ghore pacyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
اگر گناہ کیا جائے تو وہ گناہ یقیناً بڑھتا ہی جاتا ہے؛ اور اسی میں لگا رہنے والا آدمی ہولناک دوزخ میں پکایا جاتا ہے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Unspecified (moral admonition within Dharmāraṇya teaching)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya (context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A stark moral tableau: a person repeatedly committing wrongdoing, followed by a vision of Yama’s realm where the sinner is ‘cooked’ in a dreadful hell; the scene is admonitory rather than sensational.
FAQs
Sin compounds when repeated; unchecked wrongdoing leads to severe karmic suffering.
Dharmāraṇya serves as the dharma-field where moral causality is proclaimed; no separate tīrtha is named in this verse.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it is a warning to cease sinful action and align with dharma.