Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 89
संगमे बुधवारस्य दिवा भूमौ ममाग्रतः । दशमं द्वारमासाद्य तव प्राणस्य निर्गमम् । भविष्यति न संदेहो मत्प्रसादेन भूसुर
saṃgame budhavārasya divā bhūmau mamāgrataḥ | daśamaṃ dvāramāsādya tava prāṇasya nirgamam | bhaviṣyati na saṃdeho matprasādena bhūsura
Pada saat pertemuan yang mujur, pada hari Rabu, di siang hari, di tanah di hadapan-Ku—setelah mencapai ‘pintu kesepuluh’, keluarnya prāṇa-mu akan terjadi. Tiada keraguan, wahai Brāhmaṇa suci, oleh anugerah-Ku.
Śrī Kṛṣṇa (contextual)
Tirtha: Dvārakā (darśana-sthāna before the deity)
Type: ghat
Listener: Brāhmaṇa (bhūsura/vipra)
Scene: A precise prophecy: on an auspicious saṅgama, Wednesday daytime, the devotee lies on the ground before the Lord; reaching the ‘tenth gate,’ the prāṇa departs—assured by divine grace.
FAQs
Liberation is linked to grace and right orientation at life’s end—being in the divine presence and departing in an auspicious, sanctified manner.
The implied setting is the speaker’s presence in Dvārakā; the verse centers on the sanctity of dying before the Lord rather than on a separate tīrtha.
No formal rite is prescribed; it specifies auspicious time (Wednesday, daytime, conjunction) and a yogic motif (‘tenth gate’) for prāṇa’s departure.