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
“Kurniakanlah mokṣa kepadanya, wahai yang terbaik antara para dewa—demi kata-kataku.” Setelah demikian dipohonkan, Maheśa menjawab, “Demikianlah,” lalu melepaskannya dari hujung trisula. Wahai para dvija, yang tinggal hanyalah sisa tulang dan tubuh yang kurus kering, menyerupai sosok Cāmuṇḍā.
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.