Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 62
मातृहंता नरो यस्तु पितृहंता तथैव च । ते सर्वे मुक्तिमायांति किं पुनः शुभकारिणः
mātṛhaṃtā naro yastu pitṛhaṃtā tathaiva ca | te sarve muktimāyāṃti kiṃ punaḥ śubhakāriṇaḥ
മാതൃഹന്തകനായ നരനും, പിതൃഹന്തകനായവനും—അവർ എല്ലാവരും മോക്ഷത്തെ പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു; പിന്നെ ശുഭകർമ്മം ചെയ്യുന്നവരെക്കുറിച്ച് എന്തു പറയണം!
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A moral-contrast composition: at left, a darkened figure burdened by heavy stones labeled ‘matṛ/pitṛ-droha’; at center, Prabhāsa waters shimmer; at right, a serene liberated figure seated on a white lotus, while behind them ‘śubhakārins’ offer lamps and water to elders.
FAQs
It asserts the extraordinary liberating power attributed to Prabhāsa, using extreme cases to emphasize how surely the righteous attain the goal.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, within whose māhātmya mukti is proclaimed.
No explicit practice is described; the verse contrasts sinners and the virtuous to highlight the promised fruit (mukti).