Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 65
शुक उवाच । चिरायुर्ज्जायते गृध्रः संततिं पश्यते निजाम् । क्रमेण संततं किं न स मोक्षं प्रतिपद्यते
śuka uvāca | cirāyurjjāyate gṛdhraḥ saṃtatiṃ paśyate nijām | krameṇa saṃtataṃ kiṃ na sa mokṣaṃ pratipadyate
Śuka disse: «O abutre nasce longevo e contempla a continuidade da própria linhagem. Se, com o tempo, pode ver uma sucessão ininterrupta, por que não alcançaria também, por esse mesmo curso gradual, a libertação (mokṣa)?»
Śuka
Scene: Śuka, serene and incisive, speaks while a symbolic vulture stands nearby—an emblem of long life and worldly continuity—contrasted with a faint luminous path suggesting mokṣa beyond mere succession.
FAQs
Liberation can be approached gradually (krama), and even seemingly lowly births may move toward mokṣa through sustained spiritual causes.
The verse sits inside the Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya flow, but this line itself does not name a specific tīrtha.
No explicit ritual (snāna, dāna, japa) is stated in this verse; it is a doctrinal reflection on gradual attainment.