Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
मौंजीमोक्षणवार्तापि कृता नास्य जनुःकृता । गार्हस्थ्यं प्राप्यते यस्मात्कर्मणोऽनंतरं वरम्
mauṃjīmokṣaṇavārtāpi kṛtā nāsya januḥkṛtā | gārhasthyaṃ prāpyate yasmātkarmaṇo'naṃtaraṃ varam
Aun el simple rumor de que se realizó el rito de soltar la faja sagrada de muñja—aunque en verdad no observó debidamente las etapas de vida—, con todo, inmediatamente después de ese acto obtuvo el siguiente estado “excelente”: la vida de cabeza de familia (gārhasthya).
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical frame)
Scene: A young man’s mauñjī (sacred girdle) being ceremonially released/removed, elders witnessing; the atmosphere is formal yet slightly uneasy, foreshadowing later decline.
FAQs
It frames a life-stage transition (āśrama) as a karmic milestone, while hinting that mere external rites without true discipline are spiritually hollow.
The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself focuses on a biographical detail rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
Mauñjī-mokṣaṇa—removal/releasing of the sacred munja-girdle—marking a transition in life-stage.