Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 36
अध्रुवं सर्वदुःखानामाश्रयं सुजुगुप्सितम् । यदा ह्येतत्तदा युक्तः परित्यागोऽस्य सांप्रतम्
adhruvaṃ sarvaduḥkhānāmāśrayaṃ sujugupsitam | yadā hyetattadā yuktaḥ parityāgo'sya sāṃpratam
ഈ ശരീരം അനിത്യം, എല്ലാ ദുഃഖങ്ങളുടെയും ആശ്രയം, ന്യായമായി ജുഗുപ്സിതം; അതിനാൽ ഇപ്പോൾ തന്നെ ഇതിനെ ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നത് യുക്തമാണ്।
Dadhīci
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrims/listeners in the Purāṇic setting
Scene: Dadhīci delivers a calm teaching: the body is unstable and a refuge of sorrows; therefore renouncing it now is appropriate—his face serene, eyes inward.
FAQs
Vairāgya: recognizing bodily impermanence makes timely renunciation a dharmic and wise choice.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where such teachings are embedded in the site’s sacred narrative memory.
No external ritual; it teaches inner discipline—detachment and readiness for self-offering.