Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 36
तासां वचनमाकर्ण्य बृहस्पतिरुवाच ह । मा भयं क्रियतामाप एनसा दुस्तरेण हि
tāsāṃ vacanamākarṇya bṛhaspatiruvāca ha | mā bhayaṃ kriyatāmāpa enasā dustareṇa hi
Als Bṛhaspati ihre Worte vernahm, sprach er: „Fürchtet euch nicht, o Wasser; denn ihr seid mit einer Sünde verbunden, die wahrlich schwer zu überwinden ist.“
Bṛhaspati
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Bṛhaspati, the deva-guru, speaks reassuringly to the assembled Waters, calming their fear about being linked with a hard-to-overcome sin; the tone is compassionate instruction.
FAQs
Even when burdened by grave impurity, one should not despair; dharma provides a path for purification and restoration.
The passage belongs to Kedārakhaṇḍa, framing the sanctity of Kedāra and its purificatory sacred geography, though this verse itself addresses the Waters generally.
No explicit rite is prescribed here; the verse sets up a teaching on how impurity (enas/pāpa) will be handled and purified.