Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10
न यज्ञा न तपो दानं न स्वाध्पायो व्रतं न च । कुर्वतोपि नरा देवि सर्वे यांति शिवालयम्
na yajñā na tapo dānaṃ na svādhpāyo vrataṃ na ca | kurvatopi narā devi sarve yāṃti śivālayam
اے دیوی! نہ یَجْن، نہ تپسیا، نہ دان، نہ سوادھیائے، نہ ورت—یہ سب کیے بغیر بھی اس پُنیہ دھام کی قوت سے سب لوگ شِو کے آستانے، شِو لوک، کو پہنچ جاتے ہیں۔
Narrator (contextual; within Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya dialogue)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Someśvara/Somnātha)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: Devī is addressed as the speaker proclaims: without yajña, tapas, dāna, svādhyāya, or vrata, people reach Śiva’s abode through the kṣetra’s power; the temple radiates as a gateway to Kailāsa-like realms.
FAQs
The tīrtha’s grace can surpass ordinary ritual effort, leading devotees to Śiva’s abode.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, associated with Someśvara/Śiva in the Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa.
No specific ritual is prescribed; the verse emphasizes attainment even without yajña, tapa, dāna, svādhyāya, or vrata.