Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
अदृश्यमव्यक्तमनादिमव्ययं यदक्षरं ब्रह्म वदंति सर्वगम् । निशाम्य यं मृत्युमुखात्प्रमुच्यते तमादिदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
adṛśyamavyaktamanādimavyayaṃ yadakṣaraṃ brahma vadaṃti sarvagam | niśāmya yaṃ mṛtyumukhātpramucyate tamādidevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
Je prends refuge en ce Dieu primordial—invisible, inmanifesté, sans commencement et impérissable—que les sages déclarent être le Brahman immuable, présent en tout. En le contemplant, on est délivré de la gueule même de la Mort.
Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas (collective hymn of praise, per context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly
Scene: A meditative tableau: a sage/devotee taking refuge, eyes half-closed, while an unmanifest cosmic presence is suggested by a vast halo/void; the ‘mouth of Death’ motif appears as a subdued shadow receding before divine radiance.
FAQs
Surrender and darśana of the all-pervading Ādideva leads to fearlessness and liberation from death.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a place where divine darśana grants exceptional merit and release.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) and darśana (beholding the deity).