Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 8
नन्द्युवाच । त्वयावतरणं चक्रे कपीन्द्रामरहेतुना । तथापि हि कृतं पापमुपभोगेन शाम्यति
nandyuvāca | tvayāvataraṇaṃ cakre kapīndrāmarahetunā | tathāpi hi kṛtaṃ pāpamupabhogena śāmyati
Nandī nói: “Hỡi chúa loài khỉ, sự giáng sinh của ngươi quả vì lợi ích chư thiên. Dẫu vậy, tội đã tạo chỉ tiêu tan khi phải tự mình thọ nhận quả báo.”
Nandī
Tirtha: Kailāsa (dharma-upadeśa locus)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nandī instructs Hanumān: though his incarnation served the gods, any committed sin is exhausted only by being experienced.
FAQs
Even divinely purposed actions do not cancel karmic law; pāpa is said to subside through its fruition and subsequent purification.
The verse sets the karmic framework; the chapter then directs the seeker to Revā/Narmadā tīrthas for cleansing.
None explicitly here; it introduces the principle that karmic residue must be resolved, which later is linked to tīrtha-snāna.