Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
अदृश्यमव्यक्तमनादिमव्ययं यदक्षरं ब्रह्म वदंति सर्वगम् । निशाम्य यं मृत्युमुखात्प्रमुच्यते तमादिदेवं शरणं प्रपद्ये
adṛśyamavyaktamanādimavyayaṃ yadakṣaraṃ brahma vadaṃti sarvagam | niśāmya yaṃ mṛtyumukhātpramucyate tamādidevaṃ śaraṇaṃ prapadye
ಅದೃಶ್ಯನಾದ, ಅವ್ಯಕ್ತನಾದ, ಅನಾದಿಯಾದ, ಅವ್ಯಯನಾದ—ಜ್ಞಾನಿಗಳು ಸರ್ವವ್ಯಾಪಿ ಅಕ್ಷರ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವೆಂದು ಹೇಳುವ—ಆ ಆದಿದೇವನ ಶರಣನ್ನು ನಾನು ಪಡೆಯುತ್ತೇನೆ. ಅವನ ದರ್ಶನದಿಂದ ಮೃತ್ಯುವಿನ ಮುಖದಿಂದಲೂ ಮುಕ್ತಿ ದೊರೆಯುತ್ತದೆ.
Ṛṣis/Brāhmaṇas (collective hymn of praise, per context)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi-assembly
Scene: A meditative tableau: a sage/devotee taking refuge, eyes half-closed, while an unmanifest cosmic presence is suggested by a vast halo/void; the ‘mouth of Death’ motif appears as a subdued shadow receding before divine radiance.
FAQs
Surrender and darśana of the all-pervading Ādideva leads to fearlessness and liberation from death.
Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), presented as a place where divine darśana grants exceptional merit and release.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the emphasis is on śaraṇāgati (taking refuge) and darśana (beholding the deity).