Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 19
द्रुतमारुह्यशरठस्त्रिवर्णो यस्य मस्तके । प्रयाति याति तस्यायुः षण्मासेन परिक्षयम्
drutamāruhyaśaraṭhastrivarṇo yasya mastake | prayāti yāti tasyāyuḥ ṣaṇmāsena parikṣayam
اگر تیز رفتار، تین رنگوں والی چھپکلی کسی کے سر پر چڑھ کر پھر اتر جائے اور چلی جائے، تو اس کی عمر چھ ماہ کے اندر گھٹ کر ختم ہونے لگتی ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-audience (generic)
Scene: A three-colored lizard swiftly climbs onto a pilgrim’s head and darts away; onlookers gasp. The pilgrim, startled, turns toward the Gaṅgā for snāna and then toward a Śiva shrine—transforming omen into action.
FAQs
Nature itself can become a mirror of fate; the teaching is to use such reminders to deepen Dharma and God-remembrance.
The verse sits within Kāśī’s sacred narrative (Kāśīkhaṇḍa), though it does not single out a named tīrtha in the line.
None; it records an omen and its consequence.