Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 191
यदा त्वां जलमध्यस्थं वत्सोनाम द्विजो रुषा । ताडयिष्यति दण्डेन तदा मोक्षमवाप्स्यसि
yadā tvāṃ jalamadhyasthaṃ vatsonāma dvijo ruṣā | tāḍayiṣyati daṇḍena tadā mokṣamavāpsyasi
जेव्हा तू जलमध्यस्थ असेलास, तेव्हा वत्सो नावाचा द्विज रागाने दंडाने तुला ताडेल—तेव्हा तुला मोक्ष प्राप्त होईल।
Suvrata
Type: ghat
Scene: At a river/kunda, a devotee stands in water; an angry brāhmaṇa (Vatsona) raises a staff and strikes; at the moment of impact, a luminous release—subtle soul-form rising toward light, indicating mokṣa; onlookers stunned.
FAQs
Liberation may arrive through a divinely ordered karmic turning-point, especially when supported by prior discipline like japa.
A water-based tīrtha setting (jalāśaya) is implied; the narrative sanctifies the locale as the stage for mokṣa.
Continue the water-abiding practice; liberation is linked to a foretold event involving Vatsona.