जपहोमप्रदानैश्च कालमृत्युर्न शाम्यति । विविधा व्याधयः शस्ताः सर्पाद्याः प्राणिनस्तथा
japahomapradānaiśca kālamṛtyurna śāmyati | vividhā vyādhayaḥ śastāḥ sarpādyāḥ prāṇinastathā
జపం, హోమం, దానాలతో కూడ కాలమృత్యువు శమించదు. అనేక విధాల వ్యాధులు, శస్త్రపిడలు, అలాగే సర్పాది ప్రాణులు కూడా (మరణానికి) కారణమవుతాయి.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) (deduced from Māheśvara-khaṇḍa context)
Scene: A teaching tableau showing ritual acts (japa beads, homa fire, dāna) on one side, and the looming figure of Kāla with a wheel/hourglass on the other; below, vignettes of disease, weapon injury, and serpent encounter as secondary causes.
Ritual merit is valuable, yet the time-appointed end cannot be postponed; therefore one should pursue dharma with urgency and right understanding.
No tīrtha is praised in this verse; it is a general doctrinal statement about Kāla and mortality.
Japa (mantra repetition), homa (fire oblations), and pradāna/dāna (giving) are named, though the verse states they do not avert kāla-mṛtyu.