Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 54
सर्व संगपरित्यक्तो विशाखः समपद्यत । दर्शनं कांक्षते नैव भवद्भिस्तु यथा पुरा
sarva saṃgaparityakto viśākhaḥ samapadyata | darśanaṃ kāṃkṣate naiva bhavadbhistu yathā purā
विशाखाने सर्व आसक्तींचा त्याग केला आहे आणि नवीन अवस्था प्राप्त केली आहे. आता तो पूर्वीप्रमाणे तुमच्या दर्शनाची इच्छा बाळगत नाही.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Naimiṣāraṇya ṛṣis
Scene: Viśākha stands alone near the sacred landscape, minimal possessions, gaze inward; the departing sages look back, but he remains detached, signaling a definitive break from former companionship.
FAQs
Detachment is not merely inner—one also leaves prior harmful identities and associations behind.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra as a catalyst for vairāgya and life-reorientation.
None; the verse describes the fruit of practice—renunciation and withdrawal from former patterns.