Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 258
ध्यानैजपैः पूजितैश्च भक्तानां मुनिसत्तम । मोक्षो भवति बन्धेभ्यः कर्मजेभ्यो न संशयः
dhyānaijapaiḥ pūjitaiśca bhaktānāṃ munisattama | mokṣo bhavati bandhebhyaḥ karmajebhyo na saṃśayaḥ
يا خيرَ الحكماء، إنّ المخلصين الذين يعبدون بالتأمّل، وبالجَپا (ترديد المانترا)، وبالبوجا، تنشأ لهم الموكشا يقينًا، فتفكّ قيودًا وُلدت من الكارما؛ لا ريب في ذلك.
Brahmā (addressing Nārada as ‘munisattama’; inferred from section context)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A devotee in a temple courtyard performing pūjā with lamps and flowers, then seated for japa with mālā, then silent meditation—three panels or a single composite scene indicating the triad leading to liberation (chains dissolving into light).
FAQs
Devotional disciplines—dhyāna, japa, and pūjā—are affirmed as effective means to overcome karma-bondage and attain mokṣa.
The teaching is embedded in the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya narrative frame within Nāgara-khaṇḍa’s tīrtha section.
Meditation (dhyāna), mantra-recitation (japa), and worship (pūjā) are explicitly recommended for devotees.