Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 98
यथा परिणतं सस्यं पतेत्प्रसवबंधनात् । ते परीणतपाप्मानः पतिष्यंति तथा स्वयम्
yathā pariṇataṃ sasyaṃ patetprasavabaṃdhanāt | te parīṇatapāpmānaḥ patiṣyaṃti tathā svayam
Wie reifes Korn sich vom Band seiner Ähre löst und herabfällt, so werden auch jene, deren Sünden zur Reife gelangt sind, von selbst stürzen.
Śiva
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic tableau: ripe grain heads bending and releasing kernels, juxtaposed with a proud sinner whose aura dims as karmic fruit drops away; Kāśī’s riverfront stands beyond as refuge.
FAQs
Karma ripens inevitably; when wrongdoing matures, downfall occurs naturally without needing external compulsion.
None explicitly; it functions as a karmic teaching within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context.
None; it is an illustrative analogy explaining karmic consequence.