Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 23
निजस्य प्रतिबिंबस्य नीराज्यमुकुरादिषु । उत्तमांगं न यः पश्येत्समासेन विनश्यति
nijasya pratibiṃbasya nīrājyamukurādiṣu | uttamāṃgaṃ na yaḥ paśyetsamāsena vinaśyati
निर्मळ आरसा इत्यादीत स्वतःच्या प्रतिबिंबाचे उत्तमांग (मस्तक) ज्याला दिसत नाही—तो एका महिन्यात नष्ट होतो।
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (Avimukta precinct implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Inside a simple Kāśī dwelling or near a shrine, a person holds a spotless mirror; the reflection shows the body but the head region is blank/absent; a lamp flickers; the person turns toward a Śiva-liṅga in surrender.
FAQs
Life can turn swiftly; therefore one should not delay Dharma, repentance, and devotion.
Kāśī is the implied sacred setting of the Kāśīkhaṇḍa; this verse itself is an omen teaching, not a tīrtha-stuti.
None; the verse centers on observation of one’s reflection.