Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 56
कालकर्मगुणाधानं पञ्चात्मकमिदं वपुः । जातं दृष्ट्वा न हृष्यंति न शोचंति मृतं बुधाः
kālakarmaguṇādhānaṃ pañcātmakamidaṃ vapuḥ | jātaṃ dṛṣṭvā na hṛṣyaṃti na śocaṃti mṛtaṃ budhāḥ
This body, formed by time, karma, and the guṇas, is fivefold in its constitution; therefore the wise neither exult on seeing birth nor grieve on seeing death.
Unknown (context not provided; likely a Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Scene: A serene sage watches a birth scene and a cremation scene with the same tranquil gaze; behind him, five elemental symbols (earth, water, fire, air, ether) dissolve into one another.
FAQs
Seeing the body as elemental and conditioned, the wise cultivate equanimity toward life events like birth and death.
No site is named; the emphasis is on vairāgya (dispassion) grounded in metaphysical understanding.
No explicit ritual; the implied practice is inner discipline—steadiness of mind through right view.