Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 35
देहेष्वनित्यतां दृष्ट्वा नित्यता परमात्मनः । कुर्वीत मुक्तये यत्नं यत्रयत्राश्रमे रतः
deheṣvanityatāṃ dṛṣṭvā nityatā paramātmanaḥ | kurvīta muktaye yatnaṃ yatrayatrāśrame rataḥ
देहांची अनित्यता आणि परमात्म्याची नित्यता पाहून, ज्या-ज्या आश्रमात रत असेल, तेथेच मुक्तीसाठी प्रयत्न करावा।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A seeker contemplates a fading body (withered leaf motif) while a steady, luminous inner flame symbolizes the Paramātman; four āśramas appear as subtle background figures, all oriented toward a central Śiva-liṅga/inner light.
FAQs
Moksha is grounded in discernment: body is impermanent, the Self is eternal; therefore liberation-effort is essential in every life-stage.
Kāśī is the implied liberating setting where such knowledge and striving are especially celebrated.
A general prescription: make sustained effort toward mukti regardless of being a student, householder, forest-dweller, or renunciate.