Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 16
सुलक्षणापि दुःखार्ता पित्रोः पंचत्वमाप्तयोः । और्ध्वदैहिकमापाद्य दशाहं विनिवर्त्य च
sulakṣaṇāpi duḥkhārtā pitroḥ paṃcatvamāptayoḥ | aurdhvadaihikamāpādya daśāhaṃ vinivartya ca
શુભ લક્ષણો ધરાવતી હોવા છતાં, માતા-પિતા પંચત્વને પામતાં તે શોકથી વ્યાકુળ થઈ. ઔર્ધ્વદૈહિક કર્મ કરીને અને દશાહ વિધિ પૂર્ણ કરી તે પાછી ફરી.
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (śrāddha/antyeṣṭi milieu)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A woman in mourning performs post-funeral rites: offerings of water and sesame, a simple ritual space with signs of ten-day observance; her face shows restrained grief and duty.
FAQs
Even ‘auspicious’ worldly signs cannot prevent grief and death; dharma is upheld by completing the proper rites for the departed.
The setting remains the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s sacred geography of Kāśī, but this verse itself highlights samskāra-duty rather than a named shrine.
Aurdhvadaihika (post-death rites) and the daśāha (ten-day observance) are referenced.