Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 58
मौंजीमोक्षणवार्तापि कृता नास्य जनुःकृता । गार्हस्थ्यं प्राप्यते यस्मात्कर्मणोऽनंतरं वरम्
mauṃjīmokṣaṇavārtāpi kṛtā nāsya januḥkṛtā | gārhasthyaṃ prāpyate yasmātkarmaṇo'naṃtaraṃ varam
मौञ्जीमोक्षणस्य वार्तामात्रेऽपि कृतायां, अस्य जनुःकृताः संस्काराः सम्यक् नानुष्ठिताः सन्तोऽपि; तस्मात् कर्मणोऽनन्तरमेव स वरं पदं, गार्हस्थ्याश्रमं, प्राप्नोत्।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and other ṛṣis (typical frame)
Scene: A young man’s mauñjī (sacred girdle) being ceremonially released/removed, elders witnessing; the atmosphere is formal yet slightly uneasy, foreshadowing later decline.
FAQs
It frames a life-stage transition (āśrama) as a karmic milestone, while hinting that mere external rites without true discipline are spiritually hollow.
The broader setting is Kāśī (Vārāṇasī) in the Kāśīkhaṇḍa, though this verse itself focuses on a biographical detail rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
Mauñjī-mokṣaṇa—removal/releasing of the sacred munja-girdle—marking a transition in life-stage.