Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
शेष उवाच । प्रसादिता मया माता शापमुक्तिकृते पुरा । तयोक्तं ये तपोयुक्ता धर्मात्मानः सुसंयताः
śeṣa uvāca | prasāditā mayā mātā śāpamuktikṛte purā | tayoktaṃ ye tapoyuktā dharmātmānaḥ susaṃyatāḥ
শেষ ক’লে: শাপমুক্তিৰ বাবে মই আগতে মাতাক প্ৰসন্ন কৰিছিলোঁ। তেতিয়া তেওঁ ক’লে—যিসকল তপস্যাযুক্ত, ধৰ্মাত্মা আৰু সুসংযত, তেওঁলোকেই (ইচ্ছিত) মুক্তি লাভ কৰিব।
Śeṣa
Listener: Nāgas
Scene: Śeṣa speaks with composed authority, recalling how he propitiated their mother; behind him, a symbolic vignette shows tapas—stillness, controlled breath, and a radiant aura of prasāda.
FAQs
Release from bondage is linked to inner discipline—tapas, dharma-mindedness, and self-restraint.
The verse sets the doctrinal condition; the ensuing verses locate the practice at Arbuda (Mount Arbuda).
Tapas (austerity) and saṃyama (restraint) are prescribed as qualifying practices.