Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
अत्र मे कौतुकं जातं तस्माद्देहि विनिर्णयम् । भवेन्न वा भवेत्कर्म कृतं यच्च शुभाशुभम्
atra me kautukaṃ jātaṃ tasmāddehi vinirṇayam | bhavenna vā bhavetkarma kṛtaṃ yacca śubhāśubham
یہاں میرے دل میں ایک شبہ پیدا ہوا ہے؛ اس لیے مجھے قطعی فیصلہ عطا فرمائیے۔ کیا کیا ہوا کرم—نیک ہو یا بد—لازماً پھل دیتا ہے، یا کبھی نہیں بھی دیتا؟
Unspecified petitioner/king (contextual; speaking to a sage)
Scene: The petitioner, now composed, asks a formal philosophical question; the sage prepares to deliver a decisive teaching, perhaps holding a manuscript or pointing to a sacred river/altar as witness to dharma.
FAQs
It raises the central dharmic question of karmaphala—how and when actions yield results—inviting authoritative clarification.
No tīrtha is mentioned in this verse.
None; it requests doctrinal determination.