Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 10
तस्माद्युद्धेन मरणं न कांक्षे क्षणभंगुरम् । अन्यजन्मनि मे वीर वैरभावान्न संशयः । दातुमर्हसि मे नाथ कैवल्यं केवलं परम्
tasmādyuddhena maraṇaṃ na kāṃkṣe kṣaṇabhaṃguram | anyajanmani me vīra vairabhāvānna saṃśayaḥ | dātumarhasi me nātha kaivalyaṃ kevalaṃ param
C’est pourquoi je ne désire pas la mort au combat, si brève et fugitive. Dans une autre naissance, ô héros, l’hostilité renaîtra en moi, sans nul doute. Aussi, ô Seigneur, daigne m’accorder le Kaivalya suprême, la délivrance pure et parfaite.
Kālanemi
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis / tīrtha-śravaṇa audience
Scene: A supplicant (even an asura/warrior figure) rejects battlefield death and folds hands before the Lord, pleading for pure kaivalya; the battlefield fades behind, replaced by a serene Himalayan sanctum aura.
FAQs
Temporary rewards (even heroic death) do not end rebirth; liberation (kaivalya) is the lasting goal beyond recurring enmity.
The Kedārakhaṇḍa setting frames the teaching within Kedāra-kṣetra’s sacred narrative environment.
No explicit rite is prescribed; it is a direct petition for mokṣa/kaivalya.