न कालवंचनोपायं मुनेन्यमवयाम्यहम् । विना मृत्युजयं काशीनाथं गर्भावरोधकम्
na kālavaṃcanopāyaṃ munenyamavayāmyaham | vinā mṛtyujayaṃ kāśīnāthaṃ garbhāvarodhakam
اے مُنی، میں کال (زمانۂ مرگ) کو دھوکا دینے یا اس پر غالب آنے کا کوئی طریقہ بیان نہیں کرتا—سوائے کاشیناتھ کے، جو مرتیونجَے (موت پر فتح پانے والا) ہے اور رحم میں دوبارہ داخلے کا راستہ روک دیتا ہے۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta) / Kāśīnātha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni (sage)
Scene: A sage is addressed: the speaker declares that Time cannot be cheated, except by Kāśīnātha—Śiva as Mṛtyuñjaya—radiant, holding trident, granting fearlessness and sealing the gate of rebirth.
No worldly trick defeats death; only Śiva—Kāśīnātha as Mṛtyuñjaya—grants victory over death by granting freedom from rebirth.
Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) through its Lord Kāśīnātha/Viśveśvara, praised as the unique refuge beyond Time.
Implicitly, surrender/devotion to Kāśīnātha (Mṛtyuñjaya) is prescribed as the effective spiritual remedy against death and rebirth.