Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 64
निःशेषं विलयं याता ब्रह्महत्यातिभीषणा । अस्मिन्नवसरे शंभुः प्रादुरासीत्तदग्रतः । प्रादुर्भूतो महादेवो भैरवं वाक्यमब्रवीत्
niḥśeṣaṃ vilayaṃ yātā brahmahatyātibhīṣaṇā | asminnavasare śaṃbhuḥ prādurāsīttadagrataḥ | prādurbhūto mahādevo bhairavaṃ vākyamabravīt
Die furchtbare Brahmahatyā löste sich restlos auf. In eben diesem Augenblick erschien Śambhu vor ihm; als Mahādeva offenbar geworden, sprach er Worte zu Bhairava.
Sūta (narrator)
Tirtha: Śivatīrtha
Type: kund
Listener: dvijāḥ (brāhmaṇas)
Scene: As the last trace of Brahmahatyā vanishes like smoke over water, Śambhu manifests before Bhairava in radiant form; the mountain tīrtha glows; sages witness the theophany as Śiva begins to speak.
FAQs
When impurity is truly removed, divine grace becomes immediate—purification culminates in Śiva’s presence and instruction.
Śivatīrtha is implied as the locus where Brahmahatyā is dissolved completely.
The narrative confirms the efficacy of tīrtha-snānā as a prāyaścitta powerful enough to annihilate grave sin.
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