Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 47
अन्यानि काललक्ष्माणि तिष्ठंतु कलशोद्भव । जरैव प्रथमं लक्ष्म चित्रं तत्रापि भीर्नहि
anyāni kālalakṣmāṇi tiṣṭhaṃtu kalaśodbhava | jaraiva prathamaṃ lakṣma citraṃ tatrāpi bhīrnahi
ഹേ കലശോദ്ഭവാ! കാലത്തിന്റെ മറ്റു ലക്ഷണങ്ങൾ നിലനിൽക്കട്ടെ; ജര തന്നെയാണ് ആദ്യവും പ്രധാനവും ആയ ലക്ഷണം. അത്ഭുതം, അപ്പോഴും ജനങ്ങൾ ഭയപ്പെടുന്നില്ല।
Skanda (deduced; direct address to Agastya, kalaśodbhava)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya (kalśodbhava)
Scene: A sage addressing ‘Kalashodbhava’ (Agastya): behind them, a crowd ignores an elderly figure leaning on a staff; time’s emblems (withered leaves, setting sun) remain, but jarā stands foremost—yet the crowd shows no fear.
FAQs
Old age is an obvious warning of time’s power, yet people remain heedless; therefore one should awaken to dharma and liberation.
Kāśī is the broader Adhyāya’s focal sacred geography, though not named in this single verse.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse is admonitory, preparing the listener for Kāśī-centered practice.