Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
सूत उवाच । एवमुक्त्वा स भगवांस्ततश्चादर्शनं गतः । सोऽपि राजा प्रहृष्टा त्मा स्थितस्तत्रैव मुक्तिभाक्
sūta uvāca | evamuktvā sa bhagavāṃstataścādarśanaṃ gataḥ | so'pi rājā prahṛṣṭā tmā sthitastatraiva muktibhāk
सूत उवाच—एवमुक्त्वा स भगवान् ततः परम् अदर्शनं गतः। स च राजा हृष्टात्मा तत्रैव स्थितो मुक्तिभाग् अभवत्॥
Sūta
Tirtha: Dhundhumāreśvara-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied)
Scene: A radiant Lord finishes speaking and vanishes (antardhāna) in a halo of light; the king stands with folded hands, eyes moist yet serene, remaining at the sacred spot as if rooted, signifying liberation.
FAQs
True fulfillment of a tīrtha narrative is mokṣa: the devotee remains anchored in sacred practice until liberation is won.
Camatkārapura kṣetra is implied as the place where steadfast devotion culminates in mukti.
Implicitly, continued residence/steadfastness in worship at the sacred site is praised; no new rite is introduced in this closing verse.
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