Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 81
यत्र यस्य हि यद्भाव्यं शुभं वाऽशुभमेव च । आकृष्यभाविनी रज्जुस्तत्र तस्य हि दापयेत
yatra yasya hi yadbhāvyaṃ śubhaṃ vā'śubhameva ca | ākṛṣyabhāvinī rajjustatra tasya hi dāpayeta
ആർക്കു ഏത് ശുഭമോ അശുഭമോ വിധിയായി നിശ്ചയിച്ചിട്ടുണ്ടോ, അവൻ അതേ ദിശയിലേക്കു വലിക്കപ്പെടുന്നു—വലിക്കുന്ന കയറു അവനെ അവിടേക്കു കൊണ്ടുപോകുന്നതുപോലെ.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa typically Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (implicit as auspicious destination)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A subtle luminous rope extends from an unseen hand of Destiny to a human heart, gently but irresistibly drawing the person toward a distant city of temples (Kāśī) on the horizon; along the path appear both bright and shadowed scenes symbolizing auspicious/inauspicious outcomes.
FAQs
Destiny shaped by karma can draw beings toward their experiences; wisdom lies in meeting outcomes with dharma and restraint.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it provides a universal teaching within the Kāśī Khaṇḍa discourse.
None; the verse uses a metaphor (a pulling rope) to explain inevitability of destined results.