Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 19
यथा धेनुसहस्रेषु वत्सो विन्दति मातरम् । तथैवं कोटिमध्यस्थं कर्तारं कर्म विन्दति
yathā dhenusahasreṣu vatso vindati mātaram | tathaivaṃ koṭimadhyasthaṃ kartāraṃ karma vindati
جیسے ہزاروں گایوں میں بچھڑا اپنی ماں کو پہچان کر پا لیتا ہے، ویسے ہی کرم اپنے کرنے والے کو ڈھونڈ لیتا ہے، چاہے وہ کروڑوں کے بیچ کھڑا ہو۔
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pastoral scene near a sacred river: a calf runs through a vast herd and unerringly reaches its mother; above, an allegorical thread links a person to a karmic ‘seed’ returning to him.
FAQs
No one can hide from the moral law; karmic consequences inevitably locate the responsible agent.
No tīrtha is named in the verse; it strengthens the ethical seriousness of tīrtha practice.
None; it uses a memorable simile to teach karmic certainty.