Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 7
तस्यायुषः क्षयो जातो मध्याह्नेऽद्यतने दिने । त्याज्योऽन्योऽस्ति च तत्रैव चिरायुस्तादृशो द्विजः
tasyāyuṣaḥ kṣayo jāto madhyāhne'dyatane dine | tyājyo'nyo'sti ca tatraiva cirāyustādṛśo dvijaḥ
آج دوپہر کو اس کی عمر تمام ہو چکی ہے۔ وہاں ایک اور ویسا ہی طویل عمر والا برہمن ہے، اسے چھوڑ دینا چاہیے۔
Yama
Tirtha: Mathurā (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis of Naimiṣāraṇya (implied)
Scene: A divine instruction specifying the exact time of death—midday today—and warning not to take another long-lived brāhmaṇa of similar appearance/status.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma emphasizes precision in karmic order: death is tied to the completion of āyuḥ (lifespan), not mere appearance or name.
Mathurā is the locale where the destined Brahmin resides and where a similar long-lived Brahmin also lives.
None; the verse specifies the destined time of death (midday) as part of the moral-cosmic narrative.