Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
कालधर्मवशंयाता तत्र सा वरनर्तकी । सुता गंधर्वराजस्य वसुभूतेर्बभूव ह
kāladharmavaśaṃyātā tatra sā varanartakī | sutā gaṃdharvarājasya vasubhūterbabhūva ha
Di sana, setelah tunduk kepada hukum Kala (meninggalkan jasad), penari unggul itu lahir sebagai puteri Vasubhūti, raja para Gandharva.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Ratneśvara context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi audience (frame)
Scene: A contemplative tableau: the dancer’s life in Kāśī ends under the law of Time; the scene shifts to a luminous Gandharva court where she is reborn as a radiant daughter of King Vasubhūti, with celestial instruments and fragrant breezes.
FAQs
Devotional impressions and actions continue across births; time-bound mortality does not end spiritual momentum.
The narrative continues within the Ratneśvara setting in Kāśī, a sacred Śaiva geography.
No direct ritual is prescribed here; it establishes karmic transition and the devotee’s rebirth context.