Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
ऋषयस्तत्र तिष्ठंति यत्र प्राची सरस्वती । ब्रह्महत्या गता यत्र शंकरस्य च तत्क्षणात्
ṛṣayastatra tiṣṭhaṃti yatra prācī sarasvatī | brahmahatyā gatā yatra śaṃkarasya ca tatkṣaṇāt
ঋষিগণ সেখানেই অবস্থান করেন, যেখানে প্রাচীমুখী সরস্বতী প্রবাহিত; সেখানেই সেই মুহূর্তে শংকরের ব্রহ্মহত্যাজনিত পাপ দূর হয়ে গেল।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya narrative style)
Tirtha: Prācī Sarasvatī (near Brahmakuṇḍa)
Type: river
Scene: Śiva at the riverbank of the prācī Sarasvatī: the moment of purification—dark stain of sin dissolving into light; sages witnessing; the river glowing eastward; a sense of sudden release and radiance.
FAQs
A supremely sanctified tīrtha is depicted as a place of immediate pāpa-kṣaya, validating pilgrimage as a means of purification.
The Sarasvatī-associated locale in Prabhāsakṣetra (linked with Brahmakuṇḍa in the surrounding verses).
Implicitly, tīrtha-sevā (pilgrimage/approach) for purification; no explicit act is named in this verse.