Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
यदा निर्ममता देहे यदा चित्तं सुनिर्मलम् । यदा हरौ भक्तियोगस्तदा बन्धो न कर्मणा
yadā nirmamatā dehe yadā cittaṃ sunirmalam | yadā harau bhaktiyogastadā bandho na karmaṇā
Ketika tiada kemelekatan pada tubuh, ketika batin sepenuhnya bening, dan ketika bhakti-yoga kepada Hari menjadi jalan yoganya—maka karma tidak lagi mengikat.
Īśvara (carried over from ‘Īśvara uvāca’ context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee performs daily work beside a sacred river; a translucent silhouette of the body is shown as ‘not-mine’ while the heart-lotus is clear and bright; Hari appears in the devotee’s inner sky, indicating bhakti-yoga that dissolves karmic chains.
FAQs
Purity, detachment, and devotion to Hari transform karma into non-binding action.
The teaching is situated within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra-māhātmya frame of the Nāgara-khaṇḍa.
No specific rite is named; it prescribes inner disciplines—detachment, mental purity, and bhakti-yoga.