Shloka 81
Kāṣṭhīla-Upākhyāna: Rākṣasī, Spear-Śakti, and Kāśī as Śakti-kṣetra
शोपोऽस्य पूर्ववयसिबभूव द्विजसत्तम । कस्याश्चिद्राजकन्यायाः स्त्रियाऽरब्धा मृतिस्तव ॥ ८१ ॥
śopo'sya pūrvavayasibabhūva dvijasattama | kasyāścidrājakanyāyāḥ striyā'rabdhā mṛtistava || 81 ||
Wahai yang terbaik antara kaum dwija, pada masa mudanya dahulu dia pernah ditimpa bengkak. Dan melalui tangan seorang puteri raja—digerakkan oleh wanita itu—jalinan kematianmu mula terungkai.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It highlights how embodied suffering and even death can be portrayed as the ripening of prior causes (karma), unfolding through specific human agents within a sacred narrative setting.
This verse itself is not a direct bhakti instruction; it functions as narrative causation. In the wider Purana style, such accounts typically set the stage for turning to Vishnu-bhakti and tīrtha-sevā as remedies and supports amid karmic adversity.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa ritual procedure) is taught in this line; it is primarily a narrative statement about illness and the commencement of death through causality.