Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73
परं पाशुपतं योगं प्राप्य याति लयं मयि । पापात्मनां च मर्त्यानां सद्योऽस्मि फलदर्शकः
paraṃ pāśupataṃ yogaṃ prāpya yāti layaṃ mayi | pāpātmanāṃ ca martyānāṃ sadyo'smi phaladarśakaḥ
至上のパーシュパタ・ヨーガを得た者は、我に融け入り、我に帰滅する。しかも罪性の強い凡夫に対しても、我は果報をただちに顕現させる者である。
Śiva (deduced from first-person divine voice within Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context)
Tirtha: Kumāreśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: The addressed interlocutor (‘son’)
Scene: A yogin in deep meditation before a liṅga; subtle light rises from the liṅga and merges into the yogin’s heart, depicting ‘laya in Me’; in the foreground, a contrite sinner offers water and receives immediate radiance/relief.
FAQs
Supreme Śaiva discipline culminates in union with Śiva, and sincere practice can yield swiftly manifest results even for those burdened by sin.
No single tīrtha is explicitly named in this verse; it emphasizes Śaiva yoga and immediate fruit rather than a location.
No specific rite is prescribed here; the verse highlights attainment of Pāśupata Yoga and the doctrine of immediate fruition.