Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
यदा निर्ममता देहे यदा चित्तं सुनिर्मलम् । यदा हरौ भक्तियोगस्तदा बन्धो न कर्मणा
yadā nirmamatā dehe yadā cittaṃ sunirmalam | yadā harau bhaktiyogastadā bandho na karmaṇā
যেতিয়া দেহৰ প্ৰতি নিৰ্মমতা হয়, যেতিয়া চিত্ত সম্পূৰ্ণ নিৰ্মল হয়, আৰু যেতিয়া হৰিত ভক্তিযোগেই যোগ হয়—তেতিয়া কৰ্মে আর বন্ধন নকৰে।
Īśvara (carried over from ‘Īśvara uvāca’ context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee performs daily work beside a sacred river; a translucent silhouette of the body is shown as ‘not-mine’ while the heart-lotus is clear and bright; Hari appears in the devotee’s inner sky, indicating bhakti-yoga that dissolves karmic chains.
FAQs
Purity, detachment, and devotion to Hari transform karma into non-binding action.
The teaching is situated within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya frame of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
No specific rite is named; it prescribes inner disciplines—detachment, mental purity, and bhakti-yoga.