Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 126
सारूप्यसालोक्यमयीं मय्यावेशितचेतसाम् । सायुज्यमुक्तये नायं योगः पाशुपतो यतः । स्मृत्याचारेण मुनिभिः स सद्भिस्तेन गर्हितः
sārūpyasālokyamayīṃ mayyāveśitacetasām | sāyujyamuktaye nāyaṃ yogaḥ pāśupato yataḥ | smṛtyācāreṇa munibhiḥ sa sadbhistena garhitaḥ
Bagi mereka yang batinnya larut dalam-Ku, jalan ini memberi pencapaian seperti sārūpya dan sālokya; namun yoga Pāśupata bukanlah sarana menuju mokṣa sāyujya. Karena bertentangan dengan tata laku yang ditetapkan smṛti, ia dicela oleh para muni dan orang-orang saleh.
Śiva
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī / Umā
Scene: A teaching scene: Śiva explains gradations of liberation—sārūpya and sālokya for absorbed minds—while noting that Pāśupata-yoga, being at odds with smṛti-conduct, is censured and not a means to sāyujya.
FAQs
Not all spiritual disciplines culminate in the same liberation; orthodox conduct and inner absorption determine the highest result.
Prabhāsakṣetra, where nuanced teachings on types of mukti and proper conduct are embedded within the kṣetra-māhātmya.
An evaluative rule: practices should align with smṛti-ācāra; Pāśupata discipline is acknowledged but not presented as granting sāyujya.