Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
ततस्तु परमं देव निर्वाणं येन वै लभेत् । मानवः कृतकृत्यश्च जायते च यथा प्रभो
tatastu paramaṃ deva nirvāṇaṃ yena vai labhet | mānavaḥ kṛtakṛtyaśca jāyate ca yathā prabho
അതിനുശേഷം, ഹേ പരമദേവാ! ഏതു മാർഗ്ഗംകൊണ്ട് മനുഷ്യൻ പരമ നിർവാണം പ്രാപിക്കുകയും, ഹേ പ്രഭോ, നിങ്ങളുടെ വിധിപ്രകാരം കൃതകൃത്യനാകുകയും ചെയ്യുമോ—അത് അരുളിച്ചെയ്യുക.
Pārvatī (Mahādevī)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (implied as the setting for the upadeśa)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Īśvara (Śiva)
Scene: A devotee (Mahādevī implied by the next verse’s response) turns toward the Supreme Lord with folded hands, asking for the highest path to nirvāṇa; the background suggests Prabhāsa’s sacred expanse and a distant Someśvara shrine, with a calm, contemplative aura.
FAQs
Liberation is not abstract alone; the Purāṇa frames it as attainable through a definite, divinely-taught means that makes life ‘kṛtakṛtya’ (fulfilled).
The request is situated in the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya, preparing the revelation of Prabhāsa and its tīrthas as the means toward nirvāṇa.
No specific rite is stated in this verse; it is a petition to reveal the means to nirvāṇa.