Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 89
तद्विहीनाजनिरपि जल बुद्बुदवन्मुधा । तस्मादेकोपि संसाध्यः परत्रेह च शर्मणे
tadvihīnājanirapi jala budbudavanmudhā | tasmādekopi saṃsādhyaḥ paratreha ca śarmaṇe
اور اس کے بغیر جنم بھی بے سود ہے، پانی کے بلبلے کی مانند۔ اس لیے یہاں اور پرلوک دونوں میں سکون کے لیے کم از کم ایک مقصدِ حقیقی کو بھی اخلاص سے پورا کرنا چاہیے۔
Kalāvatī
Tirtha: Kāśī (Avimukta)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A reflective scene by the Gaṅgā: bubbles on water in the foreground; in the background, a cremation ghat silhouette and a pilgrim/queen pointing to the bubbles as a teaching on impermanence.
FAQs
A life lacking dharmic purpose is fleeting and wasted; one should seriously pursue at least one liberating, dharmic goal.
Not named in this verse; it supports the Kāśīkhaṇḍa’s larger liberation-centered praise of Kāśī.
No ritual is stated; it is an exhortation toward purposeful spiritual striving.