Shloka 12 - Adhyaya 31 - Uttara Ardha - Kashi Khanda | Vietnamese | Vedapath

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Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

जंतूनां कर्मबीजानां यत्र देहविसर्जने । न जातुचित्प्ररोहोस्ति हरदृष्ट्याप्तशुष्मणाम्

Transliteration

jaṃtūnāṃ karmabījānāṃ yatra dehavisarjane | na jātucitprarohosti haradṛṣṭyāptaśuṣmaṇām

Translation

Tại nơi đó, khi chúng sinh trút bỏ thân xác, những hạt giống nghiệp báo không bao giờ nảy mầm trở lại—đối với những ai mà sinh lực đã được làm khô bởi cái nhìn của Hara.

Word by Word

जन्तूनाम्of beings

कर्मबीजानाम्of the seeds of karma

यत्रwhere

देहविसर्जनेat the casting off of the body

नnot

जातुचित्ever/at any time

प्ररोहःsprouting/regrowth

अस्तिis/exists

हरदृष्ट्याप्तशुष्मणाम्whose vigor has been obtained (i.e., dried up/neutralized) by Hara’s glance

Speaker

Bṛhaspati

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Avimukta-Kāśī (antya-kāla-mukti context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: At Maṇikarṇikā/Avimukta, a departing soul rises as Śiva’s compassionate glance falls; karmic seeds depicted as tiny sprouts that wither instantly; the scene is serene, not morbid.

Characters & Entities

Kāśī (implied)

Hara (Śiva)

Karma-bīja

Deha-visarjana (death)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Kāśī is depicted as a mokṣa-kṣetra where the karmic mechanism of rebirth is cut at the root through Śiva’s grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāśī kṣetra (implied in the surrounding praise), as the place where karmic seeds cease at death.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None explicitly; the verse explains a salvific principle associated with dying in the sacred realm.