Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 95
यायजूके कुले जन्म क्वक्व मे व्यसनं तथा । अहो बलीयान्स विधिर्भाविकर्मानुसंधयेत्
yāyajūke kule janma kvakva me vyasanaṃ tathā | aho balīyānsa vidhirbhāvikarmānusaṃdhayet
Born in a priestly family of yajña-officiants—and yet, how and where has such misfortune come upon me! Alas, destiny is stronger; it follows the thread of deeds that are to bear fruit.
Skanda (narrating to Agastya, Kāśīkhaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha: Kāśī (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The youth gestures to his sacred thread and priestly markers, then looks upward in helpless lament, as if confronting the unseen law of karma.
FAQs
Social status or birth does not cancel karma; one must respond through dharma and right effort even amid destiny’s pressure.
Not named in this verse; it is part of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s larger Kāśī-centered spiritual narrative.
None.