Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 7
कांश्चित्स्वर्गेथ नरके पातयंस्त्वं सदाशिव । किं फलं समवाप्नोषि किमेवं कुरुषे वद
kāṃścitsvargetha narake pātayaṃstvaṃ sadāśiva | kiṃ phalaṃ samavāpnoṣi kimevaṃ kuruṣe vada
اے سداشیو! تو بعض کو سُورگ میں اور بعض کو نرک میں گرا دیتا ہے؛ اس سے تو کون سا پھل پاتا ہے؟ تو یوں کیوں کرتا ہے—مجھے بتا۔
Nandabhadra (within Nārada’s narration)
Scene: A dramatic moral tableau: two paths diverge—one ascending to svarga, one descending to naraka—while Sadāśiva remains serene, and the questioner demands the ‘fruit’ of such governance.
FAQs
The devotee questions divine justice to understand the karmic order, seeking truth directly from Sadāśiva.
The broader episode is situated at Kapileśvara by Bahūdaka-kuṇḍa, though this verse focuses on svarga-naraka doctrine.
None explicitly; it is a theological question within a hymn.