न जरा सदृशो व्याधिर्न दुःखं जरया समम् । कारयित्र्यपमानस्य जरैव मरणं नृणाम्
na jarā sadṛśo vyādhirna duḥkhaṃ jarayā samam | kārayitryapamānasya jaraiva maraṇaṃ nṛṇām
जरासारखा रोग नाही, जरासारखे दुःख नाही; अपमान घडविणारी जरा हीच, आणि माणसांसाठी जरा हीच जणू मृत्यु आहे।
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Old age brings suffering and loss of dignity; thus one should seek the deathless goal—mokṣa—through dharma and sacred refuge.
Kāśī is the Adhyāya’s praised mokṣa-kṣetra, though not named in this verse.
No specific ritual is stated; the verse strengthens the call to liberation-focused practice.