Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 90
रणे पणीकृतप्राणो विद्याधरसुतोपि सः । अंते प्रियां स्मरन्प्राप जनुर्मलयकेतुतः
raṇe paṇīkṛtaprāṇo vidyādharasutopi saḥ | aṃte priyāṃ smaranprāpa janurmalayaketutaḥ
وہ، جو ودیادھر کا بیٹا تھا اور جنگ میں اپنی جان داؤ پر لگا چکا تھا، آخرکار محبوبہ کو یاد کرتے ہوئے ملایکیتو کے وسیلے سے دوبارہ جنم کو پہنچا۔
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly framed as Skanda speaking to Agastya)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A celestial youth (Vidyādhara’s son) fights fiercely, life staked; as he falls, his gaze softens in remembrance of his beloved; the scene transitions to a royal household where a child is born in Malayaketu’s lineage.
FAQs
End-of-life remembrance channels the next birth; clinging to worldly love perpetuates saṃsāra, while divine remembrance leads beyond it.
The narrative belongs to Kāśīkhaṇḍa (Kāśī) overall, but this verse does not name a specific tīrtha.
None.