Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 41
विस्मृत्य चैनं स्वात्मानं केवलं बोधलक्षणम् । संसारिणो हि दृश्यंते समस्ता जीवराशयः
vismṛtya cainaṃ svātmānaṃ kevalaṃ bodhalakṣaṇam | saṃsāriṇo hi dṛśyaṃte samastā jīvarāśayaḥ
เมื่อหลงลืมสวาตมันของตน—ซึ่งมีลักษณะเป็นโพธิอันบริสุทธิ์เท่านั้น—หมู่สัตว์ทั้งปวงจึงปรากฏเป็นผู้เวียนว่ายในสังสารวัฏ.
Unspecified (didactic voice in Kedārakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kedāra
Type: kshetra
Listener: seeker/pilgrim
Scene: A compassionate tableau: beings caught in cycles—traveling, aging, grieving—shown as moving in a wheel; above, a clear luminous Self is forgotten; a teacher points upward, offering remembrance.
FAQs
Bondage is fundamentally forgetfulness of the conscious Self; remembrance and realization are the doorway to freedom.
No single tīrtha is named; the Kedārakhaṇḍa context links the teaching to Kedāra’s liberating Śaiva milieu.
None directly; it implies practices that restore Self-awareness (japa, dhyāna, tīrtha-sevā).