Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 75
एषां शापो मया दत्तोऽनुग्रहीष्य ति शंकरः । नान्यस्त्रातुं भवेच्छक्तो विना पशुपतिं भवम् । तत्त्वं शीघ्रतरं गच्छ समाराधय शंकर
eṣāṃ śāpo mayā datto'nugrahīṣya ti śaṃkaraḥ | nānyastrātuṃ bhavecchakto vinā paśupatiṃ bhavam | tattvaṃ śīghrataraṃ gaccha samārādhaya śaṃkara
هذه اللعنةُ عليهم قد أنزلتُها أنا؛ وسيُفيض شانكَرا (Śaṅkara) نعمته. لا أحد يقدر على الخلاص سوى بهافا، باشوبتي، ربّ الكائنات. فاذهب حالًا، أسرع، واعبد شانكَرا عبادةً تامّة.
Dakṣa
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Somnātha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A commanding sage/authority figure declares a curse already given, yet points the way to Śaṅkara’s favor; the devotee is urged to hurry toward a Śiva shrine.
FAQs
When bound by karmic consequence, the sure remedy is wholehearted worship of Śiva, the supreme giver of grace.
Within Prabhāsa-kṣetra’s māhātmya, the instruction to approach Śaṅkara aligns the story with the sanctity of the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.
Samārādhana (proper propitiatory worship) of Śaṅkara—devotional practice as the means to relief and purification.