Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29
नारायणानुस्मरणाज्जपध्यानाद्विशेषतः । विप्रणश्यन्ति पापानि गिरिकूटसमान्यपि
nārāyaṇānusmaraṇājjapadhyānādviśeṣataḥ | vipraṇaśyanti pāpāni girikūṭasamānyapi
Durch das Gedenken an Nārāyaṇa – besonders durch Japa und Meditation – werden selbst Sünden, die sich wie Berggipfel auftürmen, vollständig vernichtet.
Śiva (deduced from immediate context in this adhyāya: later verse says 'śaṅkaraḥ abravīt')
Scene: A meditator absorbed in Nārāyaṇa; behind him, mountain-like heaps labeled ‘pāpa’ crumble into ash under a subtle inner fire (tejas) radiating from the heart.
FAQs
Remembrance of God—strengthened by mantra-japa and meditation—burns even the greatest karmic impurities.
The verse supports the wider Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha context of the chapter, where devotion and observances at sacred spots bear extraordinary fruit.
An inner discipline: Nārāyaṇa-smaraṇa expressed through japa (repetition) and dhyāna (meditation).