Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 32
सर्वे यास्यंति विलयं न त्वं शोचितुमर्हसि । अद्वयं सच्चिदानंदं यद्ब्रह्मोपनिषद्गतम्
sarve yāsyaṃti vilayaṃ na tvaṃ śocitumarhasi | advayaṃ saccidānaṃdaṃ yadbrahmopaniṣadgatam
എല്ലാവരും ഒടുവിൽ ലയത്തിലേക്ക് ലീനമാകും; അതിനാൽ നീ ദുഃഖിക്കേണ്ടതില്ല। ഉപനിഷത്തുകളിൽ ഉപദേശിച്ച ബ്രഹ്മം അദ്വയം—സത്, ചിത്, ആനന്ദസ്വരൂപം।
Munayaḥ (the sages)
Tirtha: Setutīrtha (Setukṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teacher-figure at the seashore of Setu gestures toward the vast ocean as a symbol of pralaya, while a grieving listener is calmed; above them, a subtle luminous formless aura signifies sat-cit-ānanda Brahman.
FAQs
Grief is eased by insight: all conditioned forms dissolve, while Brahman—the non-dual reality of sat-cit-ānanda—remains.
Setu/Rāmeśvaram is the broader setting; the verse emphasizes the Upaniṣadic culmination that pilgrimage ultimately points toward.
No ritual is prescribed; it teaches jñāna (spiritual knowledge) as the supreme consolation.