Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 9
पार्वत्युवाच । तज्ज्ञानममलं देहि येन नावर्त्तनं भवेत् । इत्युक्तः स महाविष्णुः प्रत्युवाच हरप्रियाम्
pārvatyuvāca | tajjñānamamalaṃ dehi yena nāvarttanaṃ bhavet | ityuktaḥ sa mahāviṣṇuḥ pratyuvāca harapriyām
パールヴァティーは言った。「輪廻へと再び戻ることのないようにする、汚れなき智慧をお授けください。」そう請われて、マハーヴィシュヌはハラの愛しき妃に答えた。
Pārvatī (and narrative continuation)
Scene: Pārvatī, in reverent composure, asks Viṣṇu for stainless liberative knowledge that ends rebirth; Viṣṇu listens, poised to teach.
FAQs
The highest boon is liberating knowledge—purity of insight that ends the cycle of return to saṃsāra.
The larger chapter is a tīrtha-glorification, but this verse focuses on mokṣa-seeking dialogue rather than the site-name.
None; the emphasis is on jñāna as the means to non-return.
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