Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
महापापसमाचारः पापिष्ठो वाऽति किल्बिषी । घुणाक्षरमिव प्राणान्प्राच्यां मुक्त्वा शिवं व्रजेत्
mahāpāpasamācāraḥ pāpiṣṭho vā'ti kilbiṣī | ghuṇākṣaramiva prāṇānprācyāṃ muktvā śivaṃ vrajet
ಮಹಾಪಾಪಾಚಾರಿಯೂ, ಅತಿಪಾಪಿಷ್ಠನೂ, ಭಾರೀ ಕಲ್ಮಷಿತನೂ ಆಗಿದ್ದರೂ ಅಲ್ಲಿ ಪೂರ್ವ ದಿಕ್ಕಿನಲ್ಲಿ ಪ್ರಾಣ ತ್ಯಜಿಸಿದರೆ, ಘುಣಾಕ್ಷರ ಲೀನವಾಗುವಂತೆ ಶಿವನನ್ನು ಸೇರುತ್ತಾನೆ.
Skanda (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (prācī-bhāga)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A heavily burdened sinner reaches Prabhāsa’s eastern precinct at dawn; as life departs, a subtle Śiva-linga radiance draws the departing prāṇa upward; the metaphor of a worm-eaten letter fading into its source is shown as ink dissolving into light.
FAQs
Kṣetra-māhātmya teaches transformative grace: even the gravely sinful may attain Śiva through the sanctity of the holy place and final departure there.
Prabhāsakṣetra, particularly its eastern quarter (prācī) as a spiritually decisive zone.
Antya-kāla (end-of-life) emphasis: giving up life in the prācī at the sacred kṣetra is said to lead to Śiva.