Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 4
गुरुत्वं स्थानमसकृदनुभूय महामतिः । जीवन्विष्णुत्वमासाद्य कर्म संगात्प्रमुच्यते
gurutvaṃ sthānamasakṛdanubhūya mahāmatiḥ | jīvanviṣṇutvamāsādya karma saṃgātpramucyate
ગુરુત્વના સ્થાનનો વારંવાર અનુભવ કરીને મહામતિ પુરુષ જીવતાંજ ‘વિષ્ણુત્વ’ પ્રાપ્ત કરે છે અને કર્મસંગથી મુક્ત થાય છે.
Īśvara (carried over from context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A great-minded yogin stands calm, radiating ‘gurutva’ like a mountain; behind him Viṣṇu’s attributes subtly appear as light (conch, discus) without literal possession, indicating viṣṇutva; karmic bonds depicted as threads falling away.
FAQs
Spiritual maturity culminates in living liberation—freedom from karma-attachment—and a divine, Viṣṇu-like state.
The teaching is transmitted within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya framework of Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
No specific rite; it emphasizes experiential realization and detachment from karma-saṅga.