Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
आत्मानमात्मनैवाथ ब्रह्मद्वारेण संस्थितः । ततो निःसारयामास पुलकेन समन्वितः
ātmānamātmanaivātha brahmadvāreṇa saṃsthitaḥ | tato niḥsārayāmāsa pulakena samanvitaḥ
பின்பு ‘பிரம்மத்வாரம்’ எனும் வாயிலில் நிலைத்து, தன் உள்ளாற்றலாலேயே, புலகத்துடன், தன் ஆத்மாவை உடலிலிருந்து வெளியேற்றினான்।
Sūta (contextual continuation)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The meditator, seated near the liṅga, enters deep samādhi; a subtle stream of light rises from the crown (brahma-dvāra), while his body remains still; gooseflesh marks ecstatic absorption.
FAQs
The text portrays a yogic, devotion-filled end—suggesting tīrtha and liṅga-upāsanā culminate in controlled, sacred departure.
The broader Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra Māhātmya setting continues; the event occurs at the sacred liṅga locale.
A yogic practice is implied: abiding in meditation and ‘exiting’ through the brahma-dvāra (esoteric yogic doctrine).