Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 52
यथा सिंधुगता सिंधुर्न पुनः परिवर्तते । तथाद्य गंत्र्या नो जातु तवागमनमिष्यते
yathā siṃdhugatā siṃdhurna punaḥ parivartate | tathādya gaṃtryā no jātu tavāgamanamiṣyate
जैसे समुद्र में मिला हुआ नदी-प्रवाह फिर लौटता नहीं, वैसे ही यदि तुम आज चली गईं, तो तुम्हारा लौटना कभी स्वीकार्य (नियत) न होगा।
Śiva (deduced from Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative context)
Listener: Audience within the frame narration (contextual)
Scene: A split-scene: foreground dialogue in Kāśī; background symbolic river flowing into a vast ocean, emphasizing the finality of merging.
FAQs
Certain choices—especially those made against dharma and devotion—can become spiritually irreversible and lead to lasting separation.
Kāśī is the implied sacred landscape; the verse supports the Kāśī-māhātmya theme of staying aligned with Mahādeva’s ordinance.
No direct ritual is stated; the instruction is a warning about the karmic consequence of leaving improperly.