Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 21
प्रतिबिंबं भवेद्यस्य पदखंडपदाकृति । पांसौ वा कर्दमे वापि पंचमासान्स जीवति
pratibiṃbaṃ bhavedyasya padakhaṃḍapadākṛti | pāṃsau vā kardame vāpi paṃcamāsānsa jīvati
اگر کسی کا عکس—چاہے گرد میں ہو یا کیچڑ میں—یوں دکھائی دے کہ پاؤں ٹوٹے ہوئے یا بگڑے ہوئے ہیں، تو وہ شخص صرف پانچ ماہ زندہ رہتا ہے۔
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (ghāṭa environs)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A person looks down at a puddle or muddy patch on a Kāśī lane near a ghāṭa; the reflection shows feet appearing broken/deformed; onlookers react with hushed dread; temple flags flutter above.
FAQs
Distortions in one’s reflection are framed as wake-up calls—prompting repentance, charity, and remembrance of the Divine.
The teaching occurs within the Kāśī-mahātmya environment of the Skanda Purāṇa, though no single tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it describes an omen observed via reflection.