Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 37
कालधर्मवशंयाता तत्र सा वरनर्तकी । सुता गंधर्वराजस्य वसुभूतेर्बभूव ह
kāladharmavaśaṃyātā tatra sā varanartakī | sutā gaṃdharvarājasya vasubhūterbabhūva ha
Tại đó, khi thuận theo pháp tắc của Thời gian (xả bỏ thân này), vũ nữ ưu tú ấy đã tái sinh làm ái nữ của Vasubhūti, vua của các 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.