Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 126
सारूप्यसालोक्यमयीं मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् । सायुज्यमुक्तये नायं योगः पाशुपतो यतः । स्मृत्याचारेण मुनिभिः स सद्भिस्तेन गर्हितः
sārūpyasālokyamayīṃ mayyāveśitacetasām | sāyujyamuktaye nāyaṃ yogaḥ pāśupato yataḥ | smṛtyācāreṇa munibhiḥ sa sadbhistena garhitaḥ
Pour ceux dont l’esprit est absorbé en Moi, cette voie confère des accomplissements tels que sārūpya et sālokya ; mais le yoga pāśupata n’est pas un moyen d’atteindre la délivrance de sāyujya. En effet, parce qu’il contredit la conduite prescrite par la smṛti, il est blâmé par les sages et les justes.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī / Umā
Scene: A teaching scene: Śiva explains gradations of liberation—sārūpya and sālokya for absorbed minds—while noting that Pāśupata-yoga, being at odds with smṛti-conduct, is censured and not a means to sāyujya.
FAQs
Not all spiritual disciplines culminate in the same liberation; orthodox conduct and inner absorption determine the highest result.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where nuanced teachings on types of mukti and proper conduct are embedded within the kṣetra-māhātmya.
An evaluative rule: practices should align with smṛti-ācāra; Pāśupata discipline is acknowledged but not presented as granting sāyujya.