Shloka 8
Skanda–Mātṛgaṇa-janma: Kumārakāḥ, Kanyāgaṇāḥ, and the Vīrāṣṭaka (स्कन्द-मातृगण-सम्भवः)
एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथा मम पुराभवत्,विप्रवर! पूर्वजन्ममें मेरे ऊपर जो कुछ बीता था, वह सब मैंने आपसे कह सुनाया। अब इस जीवनके पश्चात् मुझे स्वर्गलोकमें जाना है
etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yathā mama purābhavat | vipravara! pūrvajanmani me mayi upari yat kiṃcid bītam, tat sarvaṃ mayā te kathitaṃ śrāvitaṃ | adhunā asya jīvanasya paścāt mama svargalokaṃ gantavyam |
“I have told you everything, exactly as it happened to me in the past, O best of Brahmins. All that I underwent in my former birth—everything that befell me—I have recounted to you. Now, after this life is over, I am destined to go to the heavenly world.”
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
That one should speak truthfully about one’s past actions and experiences, recognizing the moral law of karma: what one undergoes is connected to prior deeds, and righteous conduct can lead to higher destinies such as heaven.
The hunter (Vyadha), addressing a Brahmin, concludes his account of what happened to him in a former birth and states that after the end of his present life he is destined to attain Svargaloka.