Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89
तद्विहीनाजनिरपि जल बुद्बुदवन्मुधा । तस्मादेकोपि संसाध्यः परत्रेह च शर्मणे
tadvihīnājanirapi jala budbudavanmudhā | tasmādekopi saṃsādhyaḥ paratreha ca śarmaṇe
“Mesmo o nascimento sem isso é inútil, como uma bolha sobre a água. Portanto, ainda que seja um só, deve ser realizado com zelo, para a paz aqui e no além.”
Kalāvatī
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A reflective scene by the Gaṅgā: bubbles on water in the foreground; in the background, a cremation ghat silhouette and a pilgrim/queen pointing to the bubbles as a teaching on impermanence.
FAQs
A life lacking dharmic purpose is fleeting and wasted; one should seriously pursue at least one liberating, dharmic goal.
Not named in this verse; it supports the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s larger liberation-centered praise of Kāśī.
No ritual is stated; it is an exhortation toward purposeful spiritual striving.