Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 87
श्रीसोमेशसमुद्रस्य अंतरे ये मृता नराः । पापिनोऽपि गमिष्यंति स्वर्गं निर्धूतकल्मषाः
śrīsomeśasamudrasya aṃtare ye mṛtā narāḥ | pāpino'pi gamiṣyaṃti svargaṃ nirdhūtakalmaṣāḥ
ശ്രീ സോമേശ സമുദ്രത്തിന്റെ പുണ്യപരിധിക്കുള്ളിൽ ആരെല്ലാം ദേഹത്യാഗം ചെയ്യുമോ, അവർ പാപികളായാലും അവരുടെ കല്മഷം അകന്നു സ്വർഗ്ഗം പ്രാപിക്കും।
Īśvara (narrator framing the dialogue; liberation/heaven promise tied to the kṣetra)
Tirtha: Śrī Someśa-samudra (Somnātha sea)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A serene shoreline at twilight; a departing soul is shown as a subtle luminous form rising from the sea’s sacred boundary, while Somnātha’s presence sanctifies the horizon; attendants/priests chant; the mood is purificatory rather than mournful.
FAQs
A supremely sanctified kṣetra can purify even grave sin through its inherent sacred power.
Śrī Someśa-samudra—the sacred sea associated with Somnāth in Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
No specific rite; the verse highlights the kṣetra-prabhāva (power of the place) even at the time of death.