Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 12
ततो बालाश्च वृद्धाश्च ऋषयो वेदपारगाः । शूद्राः स्त्रियोऽपि तं दृष्ट्वा प्रयांति परमां गतिम्
tato bālāśca vṛddhāśca ṛṣayo vedapāragāḥ | śūdrāḥ striyo'pi taṃ dṛṣṭvā prayāṃti paramāṃ gatim
Ainsi, enfants et vieillards, ṛṣi versés dans les Veda, et même śūdra et femmes—par la seule vision de Lui/de cette présence sacrée—atteignent l’état suprême.
Narrator (contextual; within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogue)
Tirtha: Someśvara (Somnātha)
Type: temple
Listener: Devī
Scene: A procession at Somnātha: children holding elders’ hands, ascetics with matted hair, householders, women and śūdras—everyone gazing at the liṅga; above them a serene, luminous 'paramā gati' symbolized as a radiant summit.
FAQs
Darśana of the sacred presence at Prabhāsa is depicted as universally liberating.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra (Someśvara’s sphere), where mere sight grants the highest goal.
No ritual is prescribed; the emphasis is on darśana (beholding) as spiritually transformative.