Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79
अग्निरिति भस्म वायुरिति भस्म जलमिति भस्म स्थलमिति भस्म सर्वं ह वा इदं भस्माभवत् । एतानि चक्षूंषि नादीक्षितः संस्पृशेत्
agniriti bhasma vāyuriti bhasma jalamiti bhasma sthalamiti bhasma sarvaṃ ha vā idaṃ bhasmābhavat | etāni cakṣūṃṣi nādīkṣitaḥ saṃspṛśet
«أغني نارٌ هي رماد؛ وفايو ريحٌ هي رماد؛ والماء رماد؛ والأرض رماد—حقًّا إنّ هذا كلَّه قد صار رمادًا». وهذه هي «العيون» (أي الصيغ/البصائر المقدّسة)؛ ومن لم يتلقَّ الدِّكشا (dīkṣā) فلا يَحِلّ له أن يمسَّها أو يستعملها.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Pāśupata-bhasma-mantra (Prabhāsa context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A guru imparts the ‘Agni is ash…’ formula to an initiated disciple; behind them, the five elements dissolve into a serene ash-colored cosmic field, symbolizing pralaya and detachment.
FAQs
The ash-teaching conveys impermanence and Śaiva renunciation, and it is treated as initiatory knowledge requiring dīkṣā.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Pāśupateśvara Māhātmya’s Śaiva ritual-philosophy.
Use/handling of these ash-mantras is restricted: the uninitiated (nādīkṣita) should not employ them.