Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73
निर्द्धार्य चात्मनात्मानं सुखं बंधात्प्रमुच्यते । मायाजालमिदं सर्वं जगदेतच्चाराचरम्
nirddhārya cātmanātmānaṃ sukhaṃ baṃdhātpramucyate | māyājālamidaṃ sarvaṃ jagadetaccārācaram
Ayant établi le Soi par le Soi, on est délivré avec joie des liens. Tout cet univers, le mobile comme l’immobile, n’est qu’un filet de Māyā.
Śaṃkara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contemplative yogin near Kedāra perceives the world as a shimmering net; behind the veil stands luminous inner Self, calm and unbound.
FAQs
Bondage ends through direct Self-realization; the world’s seeming solidity is described as māyā’s net.
The instruction is embedded in Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative frame, but it is not a direct tirtha-praise verse.
No external ritual; the prescription is inner ascertainment of the Self (ātma-nirṇaya).