Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
पातालमार्गा बहवः स्वर्गमार्गश्च दृश्यते । गगने दृश्यते सूर्यो हृदये दृश्यते हरः
pātālamārgā bahavaḥ svargamārgaśca dṛśyate | gagane dṛśyate sūryo hṛdaye dṛśyate haraḥ
หนทางสู่ปาตาลมีมาก และหนทางสู่สวรรค์ก็ปรากฏด้วย ในเวหามองเห็นสุริยะ; ในดวงหทัยมองเห็นหระ (ศิวะ)
Sūta (deduced)
Tirtha: Vastrāpatha/Prabhāsa (context) with emphasis on inner tīrtha (hṛdaya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A split vision: below, branching roads labeled pātāla and svarga; above, the blazing sun in the sky; at center, a meditating pilgrim with a luminous Śiva-linga/Śiva form shining in the heart.
FAQs
External destinies (svarga/pātāla) depend on conduct, while the highest vision is inner—realizing Śiva (Hara) within the heart.
Within the Vastrāpatha-kṣetra māhātmya, the teaching frames the tīrtha as a place that supports both cosmic and inner realization.
No explicit rite; it implicitly encourages inward contemplation alongside pilgrimage—seeing Hara in the heart.