Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
शेष उवाच । प्रसादिता मया माता शापमुक्तिकृते पुरा । तयोक्तं ये तपोयुक्ता धर्मात्मानः सुसंयताः
śeṣa uvāca | prasāditā mayā mātā śāpamuktikṛte purā | tayoktaṃ ye tapoyuktā dharmātmānaḥ susaṃyatāḥ
શેષ બોલ્યા—શાપમોક્ષ માટે મેં પૂર્વે માતાને પ્રસન્ન કરી હતી. તેણે કહ્યું—જે તપોયુક્ત, ધર્માત્મા અને સુસંયત હશે, તેમને (ઇચ્છિત) મુક્તિ મળશે.
Śeṣa
Listener: Nāgas
Scene: Śeṣa speaks with composed authority, recalling how he propitiated their mother; behind him, a symbolic vignette shows tapas—stillness, controlled breath, and a radiant aura of prasāda.
FAQs
Release from bondage is linked to inner discipline—tapas, dharma-mindedness, and self-restraint.
The verse sets the doctrinal condition; the ensuing verses locate the practice at Arbuda (Mount Arbuda).
Tapas (austerity) and saṃyama (restraint) are prescribed as qualifying practices.