Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 28
पुनर्यात्रां स वै चक्रे मधौ निकटवर्तिनि । परमोत्साहसंतुष्टः पलिता कलितोप्यलम्
punaryātrāṃ sa vai cakre madhau nikaṭavartini | paramotsāhasaṃtuṣṭaḥ palitā kalitopyalam
മധു (വസന്ത) മാസം അടുത്തുവന്നപ്പോൾ അദ്ദേഹം വീണ്ടും യാത്ര ആരംഭിച്ചു; പരമോത്സാഹത്തിൽ തൃപ്തനായിരുന്നു, മുടി മുഴുവനും നരച്ചിരുന്നാലും.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Scene: An elderly pilgrim with fully grey hair sets out again as spring approaches—staff in hand, eyes bright with zeal; companions and the city’s ghāṭs behind him; blossoms and warm light signal Madhu season.
FAQs
Age is not a barrier to dharma; zeal and devotion renew pilgrimage again and again.
The ongoing context is the Kedāra pilgrimage tradition that leads toward Kailāsa-oriented merit.
Seasonal timing for pilgrimage is implied (as Madhu approaches), highlighting recurring yātrā as an observance.