Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 44
अभिलप्यन्निति प्राणानत्याक्षीत्स परार्थतः । तेपि कार्पटिकाः प्राप्तास्तत्पल्लीं गतसाध्वसाः
abhilapyanniti prāṇānatyākṣītsa parārthataḥ | tepi kārpaṭikāḥ prāptāstatpallīṃ gatasādhvasāḥ
असे बोलून त्याने परहितासाठी प्राणत्याग केला. ते कार्पटिक साधूही भय दूर होऊन त्या पल्लीत (गावात) पोहोचले.
Skanda (deduced narration in Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Scene: A compassionate figure speaks final words and relinquishes life for another’s sake; a group of mendicants arrives at a small hamlet, their faces easing from fear into calm.
FAQs
Giving one’s life for others (parārtha) is upheld as a dharmic pinnacle, contrasting sharply with the earlier greed-driven violence.
The verse does not name a tirtha; it remains within the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s Kāśī-centered moral geography.
None directly; the verse implicitly praises dharmic protection and selfless conduct.