Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 80
पुरुषाणां प्रसादेन मुच्यंते भवसागरात् । ततः प्रहृष्टस्तामाह हरो योग्याऽधुना शुभे
puruṣāṇāṃ prasādena mucyaṃte bhavasāgarāt | tataḥ prahṛṣṭastāmāha haro yogyā'dhunā śubhe
पुरुषांच्या प्रसादानेच त्या भवसागरातून मुक्त होतात. तेव्हा हर्षित होऊन हर म्हणाला—हे शुभे, आता तू योग्य आहेस.
Śiva (Hara) speaking (with a preceding general statement in narration)
Scene: Hara, pleased, speaks words of acceptance—declaring the woman ‘worthy’; the atmosphere shifts from heaviness to relief.
FAQs
Liberation is ultimately secured through grace (prasāda), and divine approval marks spiritual readiness.
The ongoing setting is Arbuda/Arbudācala; the verse emphasizes mokṣa-teaching within that māhātmya frame.
No explicit ritual; the doctrine stressed is prasāda (grace) as the liberating cause.