Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 40
तस्य मोक्षस्त्वया देयो मद्वाक्यात्सुरसत्तम । तथेत्युक्त्वा महेशस्तं शूलाग्रात्प्रमुमोच ह । अस्थिशेषं कृशांगं च चामुण्डासदृशं द्विजाः
tasya mokṣastvayā deyo madvākyātsurasattama | tathetyuktvā maheśastaṃ śūlāgrātpramumoca ha | asthiśeṣaṃ kṛśāṃgaṃ ca cāmuṇḍāsadṛśaṃ dvijāḥ
हे देवश्रेष्ठ, माझ्या वचनावर त्याला मोक्ष द्यावा. असे म्हणताच महेशाने “तथास्तु” म्हणून त्याला त्रिशूलाग्रावरून सोडविले. हे द्विजांनो, तो अस्थिशेष, कृश देहाचा, चामुण्डेसारखा दिसू लागला.
Narrator (contextual); includes an addressed request and Śiva’s assent
Type: temple
Listener: dvijāḥ (addressed within the narration)
Scene: Andhaka petitions Śiva to grant liberation to any mortal who installs and worships the trident-tip form. Śiva says ‘So be it’ and releases Andhaka from the trident; Andhaka appears emaciated, skeletal, Cāmuṇḍā-like.
FAQs
Liberation can be conferred by divine decree; the Purāṇic narrative ties mokṣa to faith, vow, and sacred-form worship.
The tīrtha context is the Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, but the site-name is not explicitly present in this verse.
Implied confirmation of the earlier prescription: installing and worshipping the specified Śiva-form yields mokṣa.