Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 32
मुक्तिं प्रयाति सहसा दुष्प्रापां परमेश्वरीम् । पौरुषे क्रियमाणेऽपि न सिद्धिर्जायते यदि
muktiṃ prayāti sahasā duṣprāpāṃ parameśvarīm | pauruṣe kriyamāṇe'pi na siddhirjāyate yadi
Sogleich erlangt er die Befreiung (mokṣa) — schwer zu gewinnen und dem höchsten Herrn zugehörig —, wenn selbst bei vollzogenem Pauruṣa-Ritus kein Erfolg auf gewöhnlichem Wege entsteht.
Śiva (deduced from adhyāya context)
Tirtha: Pañca-Varāha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A weary pilgrim whose ritual efforts have failed stands at a sacred Revā-side tīrtha, hands folded in surrender, as an unseen divine grace opens the path to liberation.
FAQs
At a supremely sanctifying tīrtha, even unmet worldly ‘siddhi’ can be transmuted into the highest end—mokṣa.
The chapter’s Revā/Narmadā tīrtha circuit associated with Pañca-Varāha and Loṭaṇeśvara.
Continuation/undertaking of the Pauruṣa observance; the verse frames its fruit as mokṣa beyond ordinary ‘siddhi’.