Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 35
एवमुक्तो मुनिः प्राह एतदेव कलेवरम् । त्यजामि स्वयमेवाहं देव कार्यार्थसिद्धये
evamukto muniḥ prāha etadeva kalevaram | tyajāmi svayamevāhaṃ deva kāryārthasiddhaye
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ മുനി പറഞ്ഞു—“ദേവകാര്യസിദ്ധിക്കായി ഞാൻ തന്നെ ഈ ശരീരം ഉപേക്ഷിക്കും।”
Dadhīci
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage audience within the Purāṇic dialogue
Scene: Dadhīci, serene and resolute, declares he will relinquish his body himself to accomplish the gods’ purpose; devas watch in reverent silence.
FAQs
The highest dharma is voluntary self-offering for loka-hita (the welfare of the world) without coercion.
Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya preserves models of supreme charity and renunciation.
No explicit rite; the “offering” here is the sage’s own body as the ultimate dāna in service of dharma.