Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 191
यदा त्वां जलमध्यस्थं वत्सोनाम द्विजो रुषा । ताडयिष्यति दण्डेन तदा मोक्षमवाप्स्यसि
yadā tvāṃ jalamadhyasthaṃ vatsonāma dvijo ruṣā | tāḍayiṣyati daṇḍena tadā mokṣamavāpsyasi
যেতিয়া তুমি জলমধ্যত থাকিবা, তেতিয়া ৰোষেৰে ‘ৱৎসোনা’ নামৰ এজন দ্বিজে দণ্ডেৰে তোমাক আঘাত কৰিব; তেতিয়াই তুমি মোক্ষ লাভ কৰিবা।
Suvrata
Type: ghat
Scene: At a river/kunda, a devotee stands in water; an angry brāhmaṇa (Vatsona) raises a staff and strikes; at the moment of impact, a luminous release—subtle soul-form rising toward light, indicating mokṣa; onlookers stunned.
FAQs
Liberation may arrive through a divinely ordered karmic turning-point, especially when supported by prior discipline like japa.
A water-based tīrtha setting (jalāśaya) is implied; the narrative sanctifies the locale as the stage for mokṣa.
Continue the water-abiding practice; liberation is linked to a foretold event involving Vatsona.