Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 51
न जरा सदृशो व्याधिर्न दुःखं जरया समम् । कारयित्र्यपमानस्य जरैव मरणं नृणाम्
na jarā sadṛśo vyādhirna duḥkhaṃ jarayā samam | kārayitryapamānasya jaraiva maraṇaṃ nṛṇām
بڑھاپے جیسی کوئی بیماری نہیں، اور بڑھاپے کے برابر کوئی غم نہیں؛ ذلت کا بنانے والا بھی بڑھاپا ہی ہے، اور انسانوں کے لیے بڑھاپا ہی گویا موت ہے۔
Skanda (deduced; Kāśīkhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Allegorical portrayal of Old Age as a withering force bringing humiliation: a figure of Jarā touching a man whose ornaments slip, posture collapses, and onlookers avert their gaze.
FAQs
Old age brings suffering and loss of dignity; thus one should seek the deathless goal—mokṣa—through dharma and sacred refuge.
Kāśī is the Adhyāya’s praised mokṣa-kṣetra, though not named in this verse.
No specific ritual is stated; the verse strengthens the call to liberation-focused practice.