Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
सुलक्षणापि दुःखार्ता पित्रोः पंचत्वमाप्तयोः । और्ध्वदैहिकमापाद्य दशाहं विनिवर्त्य च
sulakṣaṇāpi duḥkhārtā pitroḥ paṃcatvamāptayoḥ | aurdhvadaihikamāpādya daśāhaṃ vinivartya ca
শুভ লক্ষণযুক্তা হ’লেও, পিতৃ-মাতৃ পঞ্চত্ব লাভ কৰাত তাই গভীৰ শোকে আচ্ছন্ন হ’ল। ঔর্ধ্বদৈহিক কৰ্ম সম্পন্ন কৰি আৰু দশদিনীয়া আচাৰ-অনুষ্ঠান শেষ কৰি তাই পুনৰ উভতি আহিল।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (śrāddha/antyeṣṭi milieu)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A woman in mourning performs post-funeral rites: offerings of water and sesame, a simple ritual space with signs of ten-day observance; her face shows restrained grief and duty.
FAQs
Even ‘auspicious’ worldly signs cannot prevent grief and death; dharma is upheld by completing the proper rites for the departed.
The setting remains the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography of Kāśī, but this verse itself highlights samskāra-duty rather than a named shrine.
Aurdhvadaihika (post-death rites) and the daśāha (ten-day observance) are referenced.