Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 94
पुरश्चरणमेवैतद्यदस्यैव विसर्जनम् । सुश्लाघ्यजन्मया तावत्प्राणितव्यं सुयोषिता । यावज्जीवितनाथस्याश्रवणीया विगर्हणा
puraścaraṇamevaitadyadasyaiva visarjanam | suślāghyajanmayā tāvatprāṇitavyaṃ suyoṣitā | yāvajjīvitanāthasyāśravaṇīyā vigarhaṇā
यही सच्चा पुरश्चरण है—इसी देह का त्याग। उत्तम कुल में जन्मी साध्वी स्त्री को उतना ही जीना चाहिए, जब तक जीवित स्वामी की निंदा सुननी न पड़े।
Unknown from snippet (same narrative speaker)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and Ṛṣis (frame)
Scene: A decisive declaration: the woman frames self-relinquishment as the only ‘observance’; her posture is upright, eyes fierce with resolve, while attendants recoil in sorrow.
FAQs
The verse frames extreme renunciation as a dharma-response to unbearable dishonor, stressing the sanctity of one’s lord and the gravity of public reproach.
No particular tīrtha is named; the teaching is delivered within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī milieu.
It uses the term “puraścaraṇa” in a radical sense—interpreting it here as renouncing the body—rather than detailing japa, homa, or vrata steps.