Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 43
भारं शरीरयष्टेश्च दृढयष्ट्यां समर्प्य च । गर्भागाराद्विनिष्क्रम्याभ्यायांतंरंगमंडपे
bhāraṃ śarīrayaṣṭeśca dṛḍhayaṣṭyāṃ samarpya ca | garbhāgārādviniṣkramyābhyāyāṃtaṃraṃgamaṃḍape
ദുർബല ദേഹഭാരം ദൃഢ ദണ്ഡത്തിൽ ആശ്രയിച്ച്, അവൻ ഗർഭഗൃഹത്തിൽ നിന്ന് പുറത്തുവന്ന് പ്രാകാരത്തിലെ രംഗമണ്ഡപത്തിലേക്ക് അടുത്തുവന്നു।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and Naimiṣāraṇya sages
Scene: An aged ascetic leans on a sturdy staff, slowly exiting the dim sanctum into a brighter courtyard pavilion; devotees watch in silence as he approaches the raṅga-maṇḍapa.
FAQs
Even in frailty, the dharmic life continues—moving from inner sanctity to public guidance and dialogue.
A Kāśī shrine setting is implied (sanctum and maṇḍapa), within the broader Kāśī-kṣetra praise.
No explicit prescription; it describes temple-space movement (garbhāgāra to maṇḍapa) during the narrative.