Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
तैलक्षये यथा दीपो निर्वाणमधिगच्छति । कर्मक्षये तथा जंतुर्निर्वाणमधिगच्छति
tailakṣaye yathā dīpo nirvāṇamadhigacchati | karmakṣaye tathā jaṃturnirvāṇamadhigacchati
എണ്ണ തീർന്നാൽ ദീപം അണഞ്ഞ് നിർവാണത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നതുപോലെ, കർമ്മക്ഷയം സംഭവിക്കുമ്പോൾ ജീവനും നിർവാണം—ശാന്ത നിവൃത്തി—പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
Unspecified (deduced: Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa narrating within a Māhātmya discourse)
Scene: A single oil lamp burns steadily in a shrine; the oil level drops to empty and the flame gently extinguishes, while a translucent jīva-form dissolves into vast light—signifying nirvāṇa through karma-kṣaya.
FAQs
Liberation-like quiescence is linked to karmic exhaustion; when the fuel of karma ends, worldly continuity ceases.
The verse is situated in the Śrīhāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya narrative frame within Nāgarakhaṇḍa.
No direct rite is stated; the verse provides a doctrinal metaphor about karmic cessation.