Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 105
परं तस्य वधाज्जाता ब्रह्महत्या सुगर्हिता । तव शक्र न तेनाद्य स्पृशामोऽस्पृश्यतां गतम्
paraṃ tasya vadhājjātā brahmahatyā sugarhitā | tava śakra na tenādya spṛśāmo'spṛśyatāṃ gatam
«لكن من قتله نشأ عليك، يا شَكْرا، إثم «براهمهاتيا» المذموم أشدّ الذم. لذلك فنحن اليوم لا نلمسك—لقد وقعتَ في حال نجاسةٍ طقسية تُجعل معها غيرَ مُلامَس.»
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indra (Śakra)
Scene: Brahmā solemnly declares that Indra has incurred brahmahatyā from the killing; the devas recoil, refusing contact, marking Indra as ritually untouchable despite his sovereignty.
FAQs
Even powerful beings are bound by moral law; grave wrongdoing produces impurity that requires prescribed purification.
This verse does not name a tīrtha; it introduces the need for purification that will be fulfilled through tīrthayātrā.
Implied: avoidance due to impurity (aspṛśyatā); explicit remedial rites are stated later as tīrthayātrā.