Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73
पापोऽस्मि मूढोऽस्मि महोग्रकर्मा रौद्रोऽस्मि नाचारनिधानमस्मि । तथापि तुभ्यं प्रणिपत्य पादयोर्जयं भक्तानामर्पय श्रीजयार्क
pāpo'smi mūḍho'smi mahograkarmā raudro'smi nācāranidhānamasmi | tathāpi tubhyaṃ praṇipatya pādayorjayaṃ bhaktānāmarpaya śrījayārka
أنا آثمٌ، وأنا مُضلَّلٌ، وأعمالي شديدةٌ مروِّعة. أنا غليظٌ ولستُ موضعًا للسلوك القويم. ومع ذلك، أنحني ساجدًا عند قدميك—يا جاياركا المجيد، امنح أتباعك المخلصين النصرَ والعافية.
Kamaṭha (the tortoise devotee), addressing Jayāditya (Sūrya)
Tirtha: Jayārka/Jayāditya-sthāna (Sūrya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience of the Purāṇic discourse (implied) / Jayārka as addressed deity
Scene: A penitent devotee (Kamaṭha) with folded hands bows at the radiant Sun-deity’s feet, confessing sins; the deity’s aura spreads like a golden disc, while other pilgrims witness the act of surrender.
FAQs
Even a flawed person can approach the deity with humility; divine grace is sought not on entitlement but on surrender and devotion.
The focus is on Jayāditya’s salvific power within the narrative; the shloka itself does not specify a named pilgrimage site.
Implied practice is praṇipāta (prostration) and stotra; no formal vow or donation is stated here.