Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7
ततोऽस्य गात्रदौर्गंध्यं नाशमाश्वभ्यगच्छत । विवर्णत्वं गतं सर्वं वपुश्चाभूत्तथोत्तमम्
tato'sya gātradaurgaṃdhyaṃ nāśamāśvabhyagacchata | vivarṇatvaṃ gataṃ sarvaṃ vapuścābhūttathottamam
তাৰ পাছত তেওঁৰ দেহৰ দুৰ্গন্ধ শীঘ্ৰে নাশ হ’ল। সকলো বিবৰ্ণতা দূৰ হ’ল আৰু তেওঁৰ ৰূপ পুনৰ উত্তম আৰু দীপ্তিময় হ’ল।
Īśvara (Śiva) (narration)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa
Type: kshetra
Listener: Frame listener (varānane)
Scene: A dramatic before-and-after: the devotee’s pallor and foul aura dissolve; his complexion brightens, halo returns, and the air becomes fragrant—signifying sin’s departure and tejas restored.
FAQs
True worship and sacred-place grace are portrayed as removing both inner sin and its outward manifestations, restoring tejas.
The Prabhāsa-kṣetra liṅga worship context—especially Pāpamocana—shown to erase the marks of brahmahatyā.
Implicitly, sustained worship (nitya-pūjā) leading to purification; the verse reports the resulting signs.