Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
यदि ते संविभागेन पापस्यांशोऽपि गच्छति । तत्कुरुष्वाथवा पाप दुर्वहं ते भविष्यति
yadi te saṃvibhāgena pāpasyāṃśo'pi gacchati | tatkuruṣvāthavā pāpa durvahaṃ te bhaviṣyati
“اگر تقسیم کے ذریعے گناہ کا ایک ذرّہ بھی تیرے حصے میں آتا ہے تو پھر یہ کام کر؛ ورنہ اے گنہگار، یہ تیرے لیے ناقابلِ برداشت ہو جائے گا۔”
Ṛṣis (Sages)
Listener: pāpī/coraḥ
Scene: A sage delivers a final conditional warning; the thief appears shaken, the weapon now secondary to the moral weight conveyed.
FAQs
Wrongdoing creates a burden that cannot be escaped; unless others truly accept a share, the doer must bear the full weight of karma.
The tīrtha context is implicit within Tīrthamāhātmya, but no named location appears in this verse.
None; the verse functions as a dharmic admonition rather than a ritual instruction.