Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 5
कस्यचित्त्वथ कालस्य दुःशीलो निधनं गतः
kasyacittvatha kālasya duḥśīlo nidhanaṃ gataḥ
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Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Nāgarakhaṇḍa frame)
Tirtha: Nimbēśvara (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: After a passage of time, Duḥśīla dies; the scene is restrained—his body at rest, the temple in the background, and the wife/priestly figures in quiet contemplation of impermanence.
FAQs
Human life is time-bound; therefore one should turn toward dharma and devotion before death arrives.
The broader episode belongs to the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya stream within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya.
No specific rite is stated here; it functions as a narrative turning point emphasizing impermanence.