Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
या दुस्त्यजा दुर्मतिभिर्या न जीर्यति जीर्यतः । याऽसौ प्राणान्तिको रोगस्तां तृष्णां त्यजतः सुखम्
yā dustyajā durmatibhiryā na jīryati jīryataḥ | yā'sau prāṇāntiko rogastāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ tyajataḥ sukham
ตัณหานั้นซึ่งคนหลงผิดละได้ยาก ซึ่งไม่แก่แม้กาลวัยจะร่วงโรย ซึ่งเป็นโรคที่พาไปถึงความตาย—ผู้ละความกระหายนั้นย่อมได้สุข।
Arundhatī (contextual continuity from preceding verse)
Scene: A teaching moment portraying craving as an invisible illness: the aged person remains ‘young’ only in desire; the act of letting go is shown as relief and serenity.
FAQs
Craving is a lethal spiritual disease; happiness arises from letting go of tṛṣṇā through discipline and insight.
No site is named in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha-teaching by stressing inner purification.
No external rite is prescribed; the ‘practice’ is inner renunciation—tyāga of tṛṣṇā.