षण्मासमृत्योर्मर्त्यस्य कंठोष्ठरसना रदाः । शुष्यंति सततं तद्वद्विच्छायास्तालुपंचमाः
ṣaṇmāsamṛtyormartyasya kaṃṭhoṣṭharasanā radāḥ | śuṣyaṃti satataṃ tadvadvicchāyāstālupaṃcamāḥ
جس فانی کی موت چھ ماہ کے اندر مقدر ہو، اس کا گلا، ہونٹ، زبان اور دانت برابر خشک رہتے ہیں؛ اسی طرح تالو (پانچواں) بے رونق ہو کر اپنی فطری رنگت کھو دیتا ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-audience (generic)
Scene: Close depiction of a person with parched throat and lips, tongue and teeth dry, palate dull—set against the humid Gaṅgā ghāṭ, emphasizing the paradox of inner dryness amid sacred waters; a priest offers water and bilva leaves toward a liṅga.
The body’s decline is a Dharma-teacher: it reminds one to prioritize spiritual practice over complacency.
Kāśī is the overarching sacred geography in this section; this verse itself is an omen-list within that Kāśī narrative frame.
No explicit ritual is stated; it continues the catalogue of death-portents.