Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 53
जन्मांतरसहस्रेषु यत्पापं समुपार्जितम् । रुद्रस्थलीं प्रविष्टस्य तत्सर्वं व्रजति क्षयम्
janmāṃtarasahasreṣu yatpāpaṃ samupārjitam | rudrasthalīṃ praviṣṭasya tatsarvaṃ vrajati kṣayam
সহস্র জন্মান্তরে যে পাপ সঞ্চিত হয়েছে, রুদ্রস্থলীতে প্রবেশমাত্রই তা সমস্তই ক্ষয়প্রাপ্ত হয়ে বিনষ্ট হয়।
Skanda (deduced: Kāśīkhaṇḍa commonly Skanda → Agastya)
Tirtha: Rudrasthalī
Type: kshetra
Scene: Pilgrims crossing a threshold-marker into Rudrasthalī in Kāśī; Rudra’s unseen presence felt as a dark-blue, ash-smeared aura; sins depicted as shadowy forms dissolving at the boundary.
FAQs
Pilgrimage is framed as transformative: entering a supremely sacred zone can dissolve deep karmic burdens.
Rudrasthalī in Kāśī.
The act emphasized is praviśa (entering) the sacred area; no further ritual is specified in this verse.