Shloka 9
Skanda–Mātṛgaṇa-janma: Kumārakāḥ, Kanyāgaṇāḥ, and the Vīrāṣṭaka (स्कन्द-मातृगण-सम्भवः)
अभितसश्चापि गन्तव्यं मया स्वर्ग द्विजोत्तम,विप्रवर! पूर्वजन्ममें मेरे ऊपर जो कुछ बीता था, वह सब मैंने आपसे कह सुनाया। अब इस जीवनके पश्चात् मुझे स्वर्गलोकमें जाना है
abhitaś cāpi gantavyaṃ mayā svarga dvijottama | vipravara! pūrvajanmani me mayy upari yad yat samabhavat tat sarvaṃ te mayā kathitaṃ śrutam | idānīm asya jīvanasyānte mayā svargalokaṃ gantavyam |
狩人は言った。「二度生まれの最勝者よ、婆羅門の最上者よ！ 今、私は天へと旅立たねばならぬ。前生において我が身に起こったすべて—我が行路を形づくったすべて—はすでに語った。いま、この現世の命が尽きるとき、定められた道は天界へ通じるのだ。」
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The passage underscores karmic continuity and moral accountability: one’s present condition and future destination (such as heaven) are linked to prior actions and the truthful acknowledgment of one’s life-story. It also models humility—ethical insight can come from any station in life, even a hunter, when grounded in dharma.
The hunter addresses a Brahmin respectfully, stating that he has already recounted the events of his previous birth and that, with the end of his current life approaching, he is bound to depart to Svarga. It functions as a closing or transition point in the hunter’s instruction and personal testimony.