Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 100
जडान्यपि च बीजानि कालं संप्राप्यवात्मनः । अंकूरयंति कालाच्च पुष्प्यंति च फलंति च
jaḍānyapi ca bījāni kālaṃ saṃprāpyavātmanaḥ | aṃkūrayaṃti kālācca puṣpyaṃti ca phalaṃti ca
بے جان بیج بھی جب اپنا مناسب وقت پاتے ہیں تو خود بخود کونپل نکالتے ہیں؛ اور وقت آنے پر پھولتے اور پھل دیتے ہیں۔
Dadhīci (continuing the example)
Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Interlocutor in the Kāśī narrative (unspecified in given excerpt)
Scene: An illustrative vision: seeds lying dormant, then sprouting, flowering, and fruiting as seasons turn—used to explain karmic fruition and the role of time/ordering power.
FAQs
Fruit arises when conditions align—time, order, and higher governance—showing that results are not purely mechanical will.
None directly; it serves the philosophical thread within Kāśī-khaṇḍa’s dharma teaching.
None; it is an illustrative analogy about causality and fruition.