Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
विज्ञाय शिवपूजाया माहात्म्यं तत्प्रभावतः । ननाम दंडवद्भूमौ स्वमातुरघशांतये
vijñāya śivapūjāyā māhātmyaṃ tatprabhāvataḥ | nanāma daṃḍavadbhūmau svamāturaghaśāṃtaye
ولمّا أدرك، من ذلك العجب بعينه، عظمة عبادة شيفا، سجد على الأرض سجودًا تامًّا كالعصا، يلتمس تهدئة إثم أمّه.
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Śiva-pūjā (liṅga-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The boy lies fully prostrate like a staff before the jewel-set liṅga, his gesture conveying surrender and a heartfelt wish to calm his mother’s sin; the sanctum glows with crystal-white and gold light.
FAQs
A devotee responds to wrongdoing not with hatred but with humility and prayer for the offender’s purification.
No named tīrtha; the verse glorifies Śiva-pūjā itself and the salvific power of devotion.
Daṇḍavat praṇāma (full prostration) is presented as an act aligned with repentance and seeking śānti.