Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100
जडान्यपि च बीजानि कालं संप्राप्यवात्मनः । अंकूरयंति कालाच्च पुष्प्यंति च फलंति च
jaḍānyapi ca bījāni kālaṃ saṃprāpyavātmanaḥ | aṃkūrayaṃti kālācca puṣpyaṃti ca phalaṃti ca
«Même les graines inertes, lorsqu’elles atteignent leur saison propre, d’elles-mêmes germent ; puis, en temps voulu, elles fleurissent et portent du fruit.»
Dadhīci (continuing the example)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Interlocutor in the Kāśī narrative (unspecified in given excerpt)
Scene: An illustrative vision: seeds lying dormant, then sprouting, flowering, and fruiting as seasons turn—used to explain karmic fruition and the role of time/ordering power.
FAQs
Fruit arises when conditions align—time, order, and higher governance—showing that results are not purely mechanical will.
None directly; it serves the philosophical thread within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s dharma teaching.
None; it is an illustrative analogy about causality and fruition.