Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 3
याम्यनासापुटे यस्य वायुर्वाति दिवानिशम् । अखंडमेव तस्यायुः क्षयत्यब्दत्रयेण हि
yāmyanāsāpuṭe yasya vāyurvāti divāniśam | akhaṃḍameva tasyāyuḥ kṣayatyabdatrayeṇa hi
Si le souffle d’un homme s’écoule sans interruption, jour et nuit, par la narine du sud (la droite), alors le reste de sa vie décroît sans cesse ; en vérité, il s’épuise en trois ans.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contemplative sādhaka seated near a Gaṅgā-ghāṭa at dawn, fingers near the nostrils as if testing breath-flow; behind him rises a silhouette of Viśvanātha’s śikhara; the atmosphere is tense yet inwardly calm.
FAQs
Be mindful of life’s impermanence and use such warnings to intensify dharma, japa, and devotion rather than complacency.
The teaching belongs to the Kāśī Khaṇḍa context—Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) as the supreme field of liberation where awareness of death leads to earnest sādhana.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; it gives an omen based on the continuous flow of breath through the southern nostril.