Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 62
ब्रह्महत्यादि पापानि तावद्गर्जंति देहिषु । यावन्मज्जंति नो माघे प्रयागे पापहारिणि
brahmahatyādi pāpāni tāvadgarjaṃti dehiṣu | yāvanmajjaṃti no māghe prayāge pāpahāriṇi
Sünden wie die Brahmahatyā brüllen in den verkörperten Wesen nur so lange, wie sie sich im Monat Māgha nicht in Prayāga baden, dem Vertilger der Sünde.
Skanda (deduced for Kāśīkhaṇḍa discourse)
Tirtha: Prayāga
Type: sangam
Scene: In Māgha dawn mist, pilgrims enter the confluence; roaring lion-like shadows labeled ‘brahmahatyā’ retreat and vanish as water touches the body.
FAQs
Even grave karmic burdens lose their force through sincere pilgrimage practice—especially ritual bathing at the right sacred time.
Prayāga, explicitly called the remover of sins.
Māgha-snāna—ritual immersion/bathing at Prayāga during the Māgha month.