Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
मुहूर्त्तमपि यो योगी मस्तके धारयेन्मनः । कर्णै पिधाय पापेभ्यो मुच्यतेऽसौ न संशयः
muhūrttamapi yo yogī mastake dhārayenmanaḥ | karṇai pidhāya pāpebhyo mucyate'sau na saṃśayaḥ
Selbst wenn ein Yogin nur für einen Muhūrta den Geist am Scheitel festhält und die Ohren vor äußerer Zerstreuung verschließt, wird er von Sünden befreit — daran besteht kein Zweifel.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Śikhā/Sahasrāra (inner tīrtha)
Type: peak
Listener: Devī
Scene: Close-up of a yogin with fingers gently closing the ears, eyes half-closed, a radiant lotus at the crown emitting light upward; darkened outer world, luminous inner axis.
FAQs
Even brief but focused inner discipline—mind fixed and senses restrained—has powerful purifying merit.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; the teaching is a general yogic instruction within the Māhātmya context.
A meditative practice: steadying the mind at the crown and withdrawing from sensory input (closing the ears).