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
Wenn du dich mitten im Wasser befindest und ein Brahmane namens Vatsona dich im Zorn mit einem Stab schlägt, dann wirst du Mokṣa, die Befreiung, erlangen.
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.