Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 13
पूजयंतः परां शक्तिं देवीं स्वकार्यहेतवे । एवं तेषां व्रतस्थानां तपसा भावितात्मनाम् । विमुक्तिरभवद्राजन्सर्वेषां कर्मबन्धनात्
pūjayaṃtaḥ parāṃ śaktiṃ devīṃ svakāryahetave | evaṃ teṣāṃ vratasthānāṃ tapasā bhāvitātmanām | vimuktirabhavadrājansarveṣāṃ karmabandhanāt
अपने धर्मोचित प्रयोजनों की सिद्धि हेतु परम शक्ति देवी की आराधना करते हुए, व्रत में स्थिर और तप से परिष्कृत आत्मा वाले वे सब, हे राजन्, कर्म-बन्धन से मुक्त हो गए।
Narrator (addressing a king: rājan)
Tirtha: Arbuda-tapas-kṣetra (Arbudācala)
Type: peak
Listener: Rājan (king)
Scene: Ascetics steadfast in vows worship the radiant Devī as Parā-Śakti; their austerity ‘burns’ karmic bonds, shown as loosened chains dissolving into light.
FAQs
When vows and austerity are directed to the Supreme Goddess, they culminate not merely in worldly success but in freedom from karmic bondage.
Arbuda-khaṇḍa’s sacred region, where Devī-worship is portrayed as granting karmic release.
Pūjā of Devī/Parā Śakti supported by vrata and tapas as a soteriological (moksha-oriented) discipline.
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