Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 6
कृमिकीटपतंगाश्च श्वपचा वा नराधमाः । सोऽपि स्वर्गमवाप्नोति किं पुनर्भावितात्मवान्
kṛmikīṭapataṃgāśca śvapacā vā narādhamāḥ | so'pi svargamavāpnoti kiṃ punarbhāvitātmavān
وہاں کیڑے مکوڑے، حشرات اور پرندے بھی—یا شَوپَچ اور انسانوں میں ادنیٰ ترین بھی—سورگ پا لیتے ہیں؛ پھر جس کی آتما سنواری اور پاک ہو، اس کا کیا کہنا!
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (general)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī
Scene: At a sacred ford, diverse beings—birds, insects, and marginalized humans—are shown receiving the same sanctifying light from the kṣetra; a disciplined pilgrim stands with folded hands, radiating inner purity.
FAQs
A supremely holy place can uplift even the most degraded states of existence; inner refinement only increases the result.
The powerful tīrtha being praised in this adhyāya—centered on Trisaṅgama/Miśratīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
No explicit rite; the verse states the extraordinary salvific fruit of contact with the tīrtha, especially for the purified-minded.