Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
महापापसमाचारः पापिष्ठो वाऽति किल्बिषी । घुणाक्षरमिव प्राणान्प्राच्यां मुक्त्वा शिवं व्रजेत्
mahāpāpasamācāraḥ pāpiṣṭho vā'ti kilbiṣī | ghuṇākṣaramiva prāṇānprācyāṃ muktvā śivaṃ vrajet
Even one whose conduct is steeped in great sin—utterly wicked and heavily tainted—if he relinquishes his life there in the eastern quarter, he goes to Śiva, like a worm-eaten letter vanishing back into its source.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (prācī-bhāga)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A heavily burdened sinner reaches Prabhāsa’s eastern precinct at dawn; as life departs, a subtle Śiva-linga radiance draws the departing prāṇa upward; the metaphor of a worm-eaten letter fading into its source is shown as ink dissolving into light.
FAQs
Kṣetra-māhātmya teaches transformative grace: even the gravely sinful may attain Śiva through the sanctity of the holy place and final departure there.
Prabhāsakṣetra, particularly its eastern quarter (prācī) as a spiritually decisive zone.
Antya-kāla (end-of-life) emphasis: giving up life in the prācī at the sacred kṣetra is said to lead to Śiva.