Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 68
परमेश्वरेति यद्रूपं तदेतत्कथितं तव । जन्मादिभावरहितं तद्विष्णोः परमं पदम्
parameśvareti yadrūpaṃ tadetatkathitaṃ tava | janmādibhāvarahitaṃ tadviṣṇoḥ paramaṃ padam
«Cette réalité dont on parle comme du “Seigneur suprême”, cette même forme t’a été exposée. Elle est exempte d’états tels que la naissance et le reste ; telle est la demeure suprême de Viṣṇu.»
Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: King
Scene: A serene metaphysical tableau: above the sage and king appears an abstract, luminous ‘paramaṃ padam’—a radiant, formless light with subtle Vishnu symbols (conch/disc) emerging and dissolving; the world below is calm, indicating transcendence beyond birth and change.
FAQs
The highest goal is the birthless, changeless supreme state—identified here as Viṣṇu’s paramapada.
No geographic tirtha is named; it speaks of the transcendent ‘supreme abode’ (paramaṃ padam).
None directly; it defines the metaphysical goal of practice.