Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73
निर्द्धार्य चात्मनात्मानं सुखं बंधात्प्रमुच्यते । मायाजालमिदं सर्वं जगदेतच्चाराचरम्
nirddhārya cātmanātmānaṃ sukhaṃ baṃdhātpramucyate | māyājālamidaṃ sarvaṃ jagadetaccārācaram
आत्म्याने आत्म्याचा निश्चय करून मनुष्य सुखाने बंधनातून मुक्त होतो। हे सर्व चराचर जग मायेचे जाळे आहे।
Śaṃkara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A contemplative yogin near Kedāra perceives the world as a shimmering net; behind the veil stands luminous inner Self, calm and unbound.
FAQs
Bondage ends through direct Self-realization; the world’s seeming solidity is described as māyā’s net.
The instruction is embedded in Kedārakhaṇḍa’s sacred narrative frame, but it is not a direct tirtha-praise verse.
No external ritual; the prescription is inner ascertainment of the Self (ātma-nirṇaya).