Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 7
मायामयेपि संसारे ये विहृत्य चिरं सुखम् । मुक्तिमिच्छन्ति देहांते तेषां धर्मोयमीरितः
māyāmayepi saṃsāre ye vihṛtya ciraṃ sukham | muktimicchanti dehāṃte teṣāṃ dharmoyamīritaḥ
മായാമയമായ ഈ ലോകത്തിൽ ദീർഘകാലം സുഖം അനുഭവിച്ചിട്ടും ദേഹാന്തത്തിൽ മോക്ഷം ആഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവർക്കായി ഈ ധർമ്മം പ്രസ്താവിച്ചിരിക്കുന്നു.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta)
Scene: A mature seeker, adorned with signs of past luxury, stands at a crossroads: one path toward worldly pleasures dissolves like illusion (māyā), the other toward a temple and ascetic symbols; a scripture scroll declares ‘dharma for mokṣa’.
FAQs
Even after a life of worldly enjoyment, one can turn toward liberation; the Purāṇa offers an applicable dharma for such seekers.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse; it functions as a transition into a practice-oriented instruction.
The verse introduces a forthcoming dharma (practice); the specific prescriptions appear in the following verses on Śiva-pūjā.