Shloka 3
The Description of Kāśī (Kāśī-māhātmya): Avimukta, Kapālamocana, and Śiva’s Purification
षडूर्मिकांचनस्यैषा कांत प्रोक्ता दुरोदरी । कर्मबीजोपशमनी सर्वेषां गतिदायिका ॥ ३ ॥
ṣaḍūrmikāṃcanasyaiṣā kāṃta proktā durodarī | karmabījopaśamanī sarveṣāṃ gatidāyikā || 3 ||
ഹേ പ്രിയേ, ഷഡൂർമികളാൽ ബന്ധിതനായവന്നു ഇത് കടക്കാൻ ദുഷ്കരമായ നദിപോലെ പ്രസ്താവിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു; ഇത് കർമ്മബീജം ശമിപ്പിച്ച് എല്ലാവർക്കും പരമഗതി നൽകുന്നു.
Narada (teaching in the Uttara-Bhaga context; dialogic instruction attributed to Narada’s discourse tradition)
Vrata: none
Rasa: {"primary_rasa":"shanta","secondary_rasa":"bhakti","emotional_journey":"Begins with the peril of saṃsāra (six ‘waves’), then turns to reassurance: the teaching/practice is a ford that stills karmic seeds and grants the highest refuge."}
FAQs
It presents a liberating means that helps one cross the six ‘waves’ of embodied life and specifically targets karmabīja (the latent seed of future bondage), indicating a moksha-oriented teaching rather than mere worldly merit.
By describing the means as ‘gatidāyikā’ (giver of the highest refuge), the verse aligns with Narada Purana’s recurring theme that surrender and devotional orientation toward the Supreme leads beyond samsara’s afflictions and weakens the roots of karma.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is soteriological—identify the ṣaḍ-ūrmi condition and adopt the prescribed discipline that reduces karmic latency (karmabīja).