Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 79
अग्निरिति भस्म वायुरिति भस्म जलमिति भस्म स्थलमिति भस्म सर्वं ह वा इदं भस्माभवत् । एतानि चक्षूंषि नादीक्षितः संस्पृशेत्
agniriti bhasma vāyuriti bhasma jalamiti bhasma sthalamiti bhasma sarvaṃ ha vā idaṃ bhasmābhavat | etāni cakṣūṃṣi nādīkṣitaḥ saṃspṛśet
’اگنی بھسم ہے؛ وایو بھسم ہے؛ جل بھسم ہے؛ پرتھوی بھسم ہے—بے شک یہ سب بھسم ہی ہو گیا۔‘ یہ (منتر) ‘آنکھیں’ ہیں؛ جو دیکشا یافتہ نہیں، وہ انہیں نہ چھوئے (نہ برتے)۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Pāśupata-bhasma-mantra (Prabhāsa context)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A guru imparts the ‘Agni is ash…’ formula to an initiated disciple; behind them, the five elements dissolve into a serene ash-colored cosmic field, symbolizing pralaya and detachment.
FAQs
The ash-teaching conveys impermanence and Śaiva renunciation, and it is treated as initiatory knowledge requiring dīkṣā.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, within the Pāśupateśvara Māhātmya’s Śaiva ritual-philosophy.
Use/handling of these ash-mantras is restricted: the uninitiated (nādīkṣita) should not employ them.