Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 132
ये चांडजाश्चोद्भिजाश्चैव जीवाः सस्वेदजाश्चैव जरायुजाश्च । देवि प्रभासे तु गतासवोऽथ मुक्तिं परं यांति न संशयोऽत्र
ye cāṃḍajāścodbhijāścaiva jīvāḥ sasvedajāścaiva jarāyujāśca | devi prabhāse tu gatāsavo'tha muktiṃ paraṃ yāṃti na saṃśayo'tra
Wahai Devī, apa jua makhluk—yang lahir dari telur, yang tumbuh dari tunas, yang lahir dari peluh, atau yang lahir dari rahim—apabila menghembuskan nafas terakhir di Prabhāsa, sesudah itu mereka mencapai mokṣa tertinggi; tiada keraguan tentangnya.
Śiva (deduced from immediate context: Śaṅkara speaking to Devī in Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: A serene Prabhāsa landscape where diverse beings—birds, plants, insects, mammals, humans—are shown transitioning at death into streams of light rising toward a tranquil, formless radiance, suggesting mokṣa.
FAQs
The kṣetra is portrayed as universally salvific—its grace extends to all categories of life.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsa).
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse states the fruit (mukti) associated with passing away in the sacred kṣetra.