Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 50
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुव जन्म मृतस्य च । बहवश्चाऽस्य वेत्तारो वद केनापि वार्यते
jātasya hi dhruvo mṛtyurdhruva janma mṛtasya ca | bahavaścā'sya vettāro vada kenāpi vāryate
जातस्य हि ध्रुवो मृत्युर्ध्रुवं जन्म मृतस्य च। एतद् बहवो विदन्त्यस्य; वद, केनापि वार्यते॥
Kāmakhyā Devī
Listener: A royal/epic interlocutor (addressed elsewhere as Bhāratarṣabha)
Scene: A contemplative discourse scene: a teacher-figure addressing a grieving or questioning listener, with symbolic imagery of a turning wheel (saṃsāra) and a cremation-ground silhouette in the distance to underscore inevitability.
FAQs
Contemplation on the inevitability of death and the cycle of birth reduces delusion and steadies the mind in dharma.
None; the verse is a general philosophical teaching.
None.