Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10
तं दृष्ट्वा विस्मितो राजा किमेतदित्यचिंतयत् । यावच्चिंतयते ह्येवं देहं त्यक्त्वा दिवं गतः
taṃ dṛṣṭvā vismito rājā kimetadityaciṃtayat | yāvacciṃtayate hyevaṃ dehaṃ tyaktvā divaṃ gataḥ
അത് കണ്ട രാജാവ് വിസ്മയിച്ച് “ഇത് എന്ത്?” എന്ന് ചിന്തിച്ചു. അങ്ങനെ ചിന്തിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ തന്നെ ദേഹം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച് സ്വർഗത്തിലേക്ക് ഗമിച്ചു.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Dharmāraṇya context; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The king stands frozen in astonishment before the radiant liṅga; his gaze lifts as his life-breath departs, suggesting a subtle ascent, while the liṅga remains blazing and unmoving.
FAQs
Darśana of a divine sign in a sacred place can yield extraordinary merit; grace may exceed ordinary calculation.
Dharmāraṇya is praised as a spiritually potent region where even a moment’s encounter with Śiva’s sign transforms destiny.
No explicit rite here; the emphasis is on astonished contemplation and the immediate fruit of sacred encounter.