Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
षण्मासाभ्यंतरे मृत्युर्यस्य स्याद्भुवि भो द्विजाः । न स पश्यति तां छायामेषोऽन्यः प्रत्ययः परः
ṣaṇmāsābhyaṃtare mṛtyuryasya syādbhuvi bho dvijāḥ | na sa paśyati tāṃ chāyāmeṣo'nyaḥ pratyayaḥ paraḥ
اے دو بار جنم لینے والو! جس کی زمین پر چھ ماہ کے اندر موت مقدر ہو، وہ اس سایہ کو نہیں دیکھتا۔ یہ ایک اور، بلند تر دلیل ہے۔
Sūta
Tirtha: Acaleśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijas (twice-born)
Scene: A pilgrim approaches a Śaiva sacred precinct at dusk; a mysterious ‘shadow’ is absent for one marked by near death, while priests and dvijas observe in solemn wonder.
FAQs
The Purāṇic narrative frames the tīrtha as a realm of divine discernment, where spiritual signs reveal hidden destiny.
The Acaleśvara-liṅga kṣetra where the extraordinary shadow functions as a sign.
No ritual instruction; the verse presents a diagnostic belief tied to darśana of the shadow.