Why was Renuka punished practically for her theoretical sin?

[Ms. Saatvika asked:- Paadanamaskaram Swami, I have following doubt from an excerpt from Your discourse (link- https://www.universal-spirituality.org/discourses/essence-of-religious-scriptures---ii--812--1511--ENG).

"The husband or wife gets attracted by a better ‘total personality’ of opposite sex, whom he or she meets in life. Mental attraction is hidden by several people by controlling their words. Words and actions of the body are inert and do not participate in the sin. When this body, which spoke or did some wrong activity is left over here [death], the soul is taken to hell in some other energetic body and is punished. If the body is a participant of the sin, it should be directly taken to hell and be punished. Therefore, in hell, the mind is punished through another new body. Therefore, the sin is in the mind and not in the body. Once mental attraction is there, the sin is recorded. The words and actions of the body are works of the inert energy and matter and have no sin. When Sita was carried by Ravana, the body of Sita was fully touched by Ravana by force as per the Valmiki Ramayana. This was referred by Sita, herself, (yadyaham gatra samsparsham…). But there was no attraction in her mind and therefore she was declared pure by the Fire-god (Agni). Renuka had mental attraction towards a king on the banks of River Narmada and she did not touch him even by a finger. But she was declared as a sinner and her head was cut by her son, Parashurama. Therefore, after marriage, getting attracted to another person is a sin and the soul is punished in hell. If the other side is also not chaste, will the sin get mutually cancelled leading to no punishment to either person? No. Both will be punished in hell."

As per my understanding, theoretical sins have theoretical punishments like warning in Hell. I'm unable to understand why Renuka was punished practically for theoretical sin? Please remove my ignorance. At Your Divine Lotus Feet, Saatvika]

Swami replied:- The sin is always limited to the mind and not to the inert energy and inert matter. In the case of Renuka, actually, she was not attracted towards the king bathing in a river. Seeing the romance of the king with his wives, her mind was attracted towards romance with her husband. She was always attracted towards her husband only and not to any other soul. In fact, she was the incarnation of Goddess Parvati and her husband, sage Jamadagni, was the incarnation of God Shiva. Here, the sin is not what you think. The sin here is that she has gone to the river to bring holy water that is to be used in the worship of God. In bringing such pious water to worship God, not only the body, but also the mind shall be pure without worldly thoughts. Then only the water brought is considered to be pure. God is more important than the worldly husband. In fact, giving importance to worldly affairs during the worship of God is the greatest sin. The sages have supernatural power to understand the purity of mind of others. Sage Jamadagni became angry on this subtle point and not on the gross point you think. In fact, several others have this misunderstanding. The ultimate secret here is that God Shiva and Goddess Parvati have enacted this play to preach this holy spiritual concept to the humanity.

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