Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 5
शरारिणां स्थितिरियमुत्पत्तिप्रलयात्मिका । दिव्यान्यपि शरीराणि कालाद्यांत्येवमेव हि
śarāriṇāṃ sthitiriyamutpattipralayātmikā | divyānyapi śarīrāṇi kālādyāṃtyevameva hi
Such is the condition of embodied beings: their nature is to arise and to perish. Even divine bodies, too, pass away in time—so it is indeed.
Śambhu (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: a foremost sage (munipuṅgava) and/or Brahman interlocutor within the chapter’s dialogue frame
Scene: A contemplative discourse in Kāśī: Śambhu’s words on the rise and fall of bodies, with the city’s ghats and cremation fires implied as a backdrop of impermanence.
FAQs
All embodied existence is impermanent; recognizing time’s power turns the mind toward the deathless refuge—Śiva and dharma.
The verse is doctrinal rather than geographical; within Kāśī Khaṇḍa it supports Kāśī’s message of liberation amid impermanence.
None explicitly; it is a philosophical instruction on the nature of embodied life.