Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 5
यत्किंचित्कुरुते पापं मनुष्यो वृत्तिकर्शितः । तदेव पर्वतसुते सर्वं केशेषु तिष्ठति
yatkiṃcitkurute pāpaṃ manuṣyo vṛttikarśitaḥ | tadeva parvatasute sarvaṃ keśeṣu tiṣṭhati
أيّ ذنبٍ يرتكبه الإنسان، مضغوطًا بمشاقّ المعاش—يا ابنة الجبل—فإن ذلك كلَّه يُقال إنه يقيم في الشعر.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Somanātha environs) — keśa-prāyaścitta doctrine
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pārvatī (Parvata-sutā)
Scene: A didactic scene: Śiva speaking to Pārvatī, gesturing toward a devotee undergoing tonsure; the devotee appears weary from worldly toil, yet hopeful; hair is shown as the symbolic seat of impurity being removed.
FAQs
Even sins born of worldly pressure can be released through sincere purification and symbolic renunciation.
The verse supports the Prabhāsa/Somanātha rite-context rather than naming a new tīrtha.
It provides the rationale for vapana (shaving): hair is treated as the carrier of accumulated impurity.