Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 61
मुहूर्त्तमपि यो योगी मस्तके धारयेन्मनः । कर्णै पिधाय पापेभ्यो मुच्यतेऽसौ न संशयः
muhūrttamapi yo yogī mastake dhārayenmanaḥ | karṇai pidhāya pāpebhyo mucyate'sau na saṃśayaḥ
ഒരു മുഹൂർത്തമെങ്കിലും യോഗി മനസ്സിനെ മസ്തകശിഖരത്തിൽ ധരിപ്പിച്ച്, കർണ്ണങ്ങൾ അടച്ച് ബാഹ്യവിക്ഷേപം തടഞ്ഞാൽ, അവൻ പാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനാകും—സംശയമില്ല.
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Śikhā/Sahasrāra (inner tīrtha)
Type: peak
Listener: Devī
Scene: Close-up of a yogin with fingers gently closing the ears, eyes half-closed, a radiant lotus at the crown emitting light upward; darkened outer world, luminous inner axis.
FAQs
Even brief but focused inner discipline—mind fixed and senses restrained—has powerful purifying merit.
No specific tirtha is named in this verse; the teaching is a general yogic instruction within the Māhātmya context.
A meditative practice: steadying the mind at the crown and withdrawing from sensory input (closing the ears).