Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 120
मातुः स्तन्यं पुनर्नैव स पिबेन्मुक्तिभाग्भवेत् । ततो रुद्रो नीलकण्ठो नारदाय महात्मने
mātuḥ stanyaṃ punarnaiva sa pibenmuktibhāgbhavet | tato rudro nīlakaṇṭho nāradāya mahātmane
அவன் இனி தாயின் பாலை மீண்டும் அருந்தமாட்டான்; முக்தியில் பங்குடையவனாவான். அப்போது நீலகண்ட ருத்ரர் மகாத்ம நாரதரிடம் உரைத்தார்।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating; Rudra/Nīlakaṇṭha addressed to Nārada is referenced
Tirtha: Mahīnagaraka complex (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Nārada
Scene: A serene, symbolic moment: the liberated pilgrim is implied (no rebirth), while Nīlakaṇṭha-Rudra turns toward Nārada to speak; the scene is calm, luminous, and didactic.
FAQs
Detachment from worldly dependence is praised, culminating in eligibility for liberation (mukti).
This verse is a narrative transition; the site-glorification continues in the surrounding Guptakṣetra/Koṭitīrtha/Mahīnagaraka māhātmya.
No explicit ritual is prescribed in this verse; it introduces Rudra’s discourse to Nārada.