Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 56
अयशस्तमसा ख्यातिं मलिनीकृत्यभूरिशः । इहामुत्रापि सुखिनो न स्युर्भग्ना रणाजिरात्
ayaśastamasā khyātiṃ malinīkṛtyabhūriśaḥ | ihāmutrāpi sukhino na syurbhagnā raṇājirāt
হে মহেশ্বৰ! যিসকল যোদ্ধা ৰণভূমিত পৰাজিত হৈ পলাই যায়, অপযশৰ তমসাই তেওঁলোকৰ খ্যাতি মলিন কৰে; সিহঁতে ইহলোকতো সুখ নাপায়, পৰলোকতো নাপায়।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Scene: A routed warrior retreats from a dust-darkened battlefield; a shadow (tamas) falls over his once-bright fame, while distant Kāśī’s luminous ghāṭas hint at redemption.
FAQs
Dharma upholds honor: surrendering to disgrace stains one’s fame and obstructs well-being in both worlds.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as a dharmic maxim within the Kāśī context.
None; the verse emphasizes ethical consequence (yaśas/ayaśas) rather than a rite.