Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
या दुस्त्यजा दुर्मतिभिर्या न जीर्यति जीर्यतः । याऽसौ प्राणान्तिको रोगस्तां तृष्णां त्यजतः सुखम्
yā dustyajā durmatibhiryā na jīryati jīryataḥ | yā'sau prāṇāntiko rogastāṃ tṛṣṇāṃ tyajataḥ sukham
وہ تِرِشنا جسے بدفہم لوگ چھوڑنا دشوار سمجھتے ہیں؛ جو بڑھاپے کے ساتھ بھی بوڑھی نہیں ہوتی؛ جو جان لے لینے والی بیماری ہے—اس پیاس کو ترک کرنے سے ہی سکھ ملتا ہے۔
Arundhatī (contextual continuity from preceding verse)
Scene: A teaching moment portraying craving as an invisible illness: the aged person remains ‘young’ only in desire; the act of letting go is shown as relief and serenity.
FAQs
Craving is a lethal spiritual disease; happiness arises from letting go of tṛṣṇā through discipline and insight.
No site is named in this verse; it supports the broader tīrtha-teaching by stressing inner purification.
No external rite is prescribed; the ‘practice’ is inner renunciation—tyāga of tṛṣṇā.