कुमार उवाच । वदामि कालचिह्नानि जायंते यानि देहिनाम् । मृत्यौ निकटमापन्ने मुने तानि निशामय
kumāra uvāca | vadāmi kālacihnāni jāyaṃte yāni dehinām | mṛtyau nikaṭamāpanne mune tāni niśāmaya
Kumāra (Skanda) dạy: “Ta sẽ nói những dấu hiệu của Thời phát sinh nơi các hữu thân. Hỡi bậc hiền triết, khi cái chết đã đến gần, hãy quan sát những dấu hiệu ấy.”
Skanda (Kumāra)
Tirtha: Kāśī
Type: kshetra
Listener: Agastya
Scene: Skanda, calm and authoritative, begins enumerating the signs that arise when death approaches; Agastya listens attentively in a sacred, quiet setting.
Awareness of death’s nearness is framed as a spiritual instruction, encouraging vigilance and readiness for liberation-oriented living.
Though not named in the verse, the Kāśīkhaṇḍa context situates the teaching within Kāśī’s mokṣa-centered sacred landscape.
No specific rite is prescribed here; it introduces an instructional list of signs to be observed.