Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 45
ईश्वर उवाच । अजरामरता नास्ति नामरूपभृतोयतः । ममापि देहपातः स्यादवधिं कुरु जीविते
īśvara uvāca | ajarāmaratā nāsti nāmarūpabhṛtoyataḥ | mamāpi dehapātaḥ syādavadhiṃ kuru jīvite
ایشور نے فرمایا: “جو نام و صورت کے حامل جسم رکھتے ہیں، اُن کے لیے بڑھاپے اور موت سے پاک حالت نہیں۔ میرے لیے بھی جسم کا ترک ہونا ہے؛ اس لیے اپنی عمر کی ایک مقرر حد چن لو۔”
Śiva (Īśvara)
Listener: the devotee/narrating sādhaka
Scene: Śiva, calm and authoritative, addresses the devotee: embodied beings cannot escape aging and death; choose a fixed lifespan—teaching delivered with compassionate firmness.
FAQs
Embodiment (nāma-rūpa) implies change and death; wise boons align with dharma and the cosmic rhythm rather than demanding absolute immortality.
No site is mentioned; the verse is doctrinal, stressing the nature of embodied life.
A practical instruction is given: request a defined lifespan rather than impossible immortality.