किं तु तत्र कृतं पापं वज्रलेपं सुदारुणम् । शूद्रीसंपर्क पापेन जातोऽसौ क्रूरयोनिषु
kiṃ tu tatra kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ vajralepaṃ sudāruṇam | śūdrīsaṃparka pāpena jāto'sau krūrayoniṣu
لیکن وہاں کیا گیا گناہ بجلی کی تہہ کی مانند نہایت ہولناک تھا؛ شودری عورت سے ناروا صحبت کے گناہ کے سبب وہ درندہ صفت رحموں میں پیدا ہوا۔
Sūta (deduced: Purāṇic narration within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa)
Listener: Pilgrimage audience
Scene: A symbolic depiction of sin as a dark, metallic ‘coating’ on the subtle body; thunderbolt imagery (vajra) hovering; the soul pushed toward fierce wombs—shadowy animal forms emerging from darkness.
Even when a tīrtha’s grace delays hellish fall, specific grave actions can still harden into karmic residue, ripening as painful rebirths.
The verse continues the Kāśī/Vārāṇasī context indirectly, contrasting tīrtha-prabhāva with lingering karmic consequence.
None; it emphasizes karmic causality and the severity of certain transgressions.