Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 190
विकृतिं यांति पश्चात्ते कष्टं वध्या भवंति मे । पत्रेण पुष्पमात्रेण ओंकारेण शिवेन च । मुक्तिं याति नरो देव भवभक्तिं करोतु कः
vikṛtiṃ yāṃti paścātte kaṣṭaṃ vadhyā bhavaṃti me | patreṇa puṣpamātreṇa oṃkāreṇa śivena ca | muktiṃ yāti naro deva bhavabhaktiṃ karotu kaḥ
Впоследствии они впадают в пороки; их становится трудно усмирить, и я вынужден убивать их. Но человек достигает освобождения, о Бог, лишь с помощью листка, цветка, слога Ом и имени «Шива» — так кто же станет утруждать себя преданностью мирскому существованию?
Viṣṇu (continuing from preceding verse)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Maheśvara (Śiva)
Scene: Viṣṇu speaks with a mix of concern and philosophical resignation: asuras become perverse and must be slain; juxtaposed is a humble devotee offering a single leaf and flower before a Śiva-liṅga, with the syllable Oṃ radiating above.
FAQs
Liberation is accessible through simple, sincere Śiva-bhakti—offering a leaf or flower and remembering Oṃ and Śiva—so one should not cling to saṃsāric attachment.
The teaching is embedded in the Vastrāpathakṣetra Māhātmya section of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
Simple worship: offering a leaf (patra) or flower (puṣpa), and japa/remembrance of Oṃkāra and the name ‘Śiva’.
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