Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 88
यः शृणोति नरः सम्यक्सर्वपापैः स मुच्यते । शयनोत्थापने योगे यः पश्येत्पुरुषोत्तमम् । गात्रोत्सर्गे तु गत्वाऽसौ यज्ञायुतफलं लभेत्
yaḥ śṛṇoti naraḥ samyaksarvapāpaiḥ sa mucyate | śayanotthāpane yoge yaḥ paśyetpuruṣottamam | gātrotsarge tu gatvā'sau yajñāyutaphalaṃ labhet
Quiconque entend correctement ce récit est délivré de tous les péchés. Et quiconque contemple Puruṣottama lors du rite sacré du śayanotthāpana (l’éveil hors du repos) obtient la délivrance ; et si, au moment d’abandonner le corps, on s’y rend, on reçoit un mérite égal à dix mille sacrifices.
Īśvara (Śiva) (deduced from immediate next adhyāya opening and continuous māhātmya narration)
Tirtha: Puruṣottama-tīrtha; Gātramocana (gātrotsarga-sthāna)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A festival scene of Viṣṇu (Puruṣottama) being ritually awakened (śayanotthāpana): priests, lamps, conch, devotees with folded hands; alongside, a narrative vignette of a pilgrim reaching Gātramocana at life’s end, with celestial beings witnessing merit.
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Śravaṇa (devout listening) and darśana at a famed tīrtha are presented as direct means to purification and liberation.
Puruṣottama-tīrtha within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, praised for granting great merit and mokṣa.
Darśana of Puruṣottama during the śayanotthāpana observance (the awakening rite) is highlighted as especially meritorious.