Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90
रणे पणीकृतप्राणो विद्याधरसुतोपि सः । अंते प्रियां स्मरन्प्राप जनुर्मलयकेतुतः
raṇe paṇīkṛtaprāṇo vidyādharasutopi saḥ | aṃte priyāṃ smaranprāpa janurmalayaketutaḥ
Embora fosse filho de um Vidyādhara e tivesse apostado a própria vida na batalha, ao fim—lembrando-se da amada—alcançou nascimento por meio de Malayaketu.
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly framed as Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial youth (Vidyādhara’s son) fights fiercely, life staked; as he falls, his gaze softens in remembrance of his beloved; the scene transitions to a royal household where a child is born in Malayaketu’s lineage.
FAQs
End-of-life remembrance channels the next birth; clinging to worldly love perpetuates saṃsāra, while divine remembrance leads beyond it.
The narrative belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī) overall, but this verse does not name a specific tīrtha.
None.