Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
अन्यदेहकृतं कर्म न कश्चित्पुरुषो भुवि । बलेन प्रज्ञया वापि समर्थः कर्तुमन्यथा
anyadehakṛtaṃ karma na kaścitpuruṣo bhuvi | balena prajñayā vāpi samarthaḥ kartumanyathā
زمین پر کوئی شخص نہ قوت سے اور نہ ہی عقل سے، کسی دوسرے جسمانی وجود میں کیے ہوئے کرم کو بدلنے کی قدرت رکھتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced: Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narration style)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A strong warrior and a clever scholar both stand before an unseen ‘ledger’ of karma; their tools (weapon, manuscript) cannot erase it; a tīrtha shrine in background suggests the proper refuge.
FAQs
Past karmas from other embodiments are not overturned by mere power or cleverness; one must meet them through dharma and right action.
No specific site is named in this line; it provides general karmic philosophy within a tīrtha-centered chapter.
None explicitly; it emphasizes limits of human agency regarding karmic inheritance.