Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 56
तिलान्कृष्णान्नरस्तत्र ब्राह्मणेभ्यो ददाति यः । ब्रह्महत्यादिभिः पापैः स मर्त्त्यो मुच्यते ध्रुवम्
tilānkṛṣṇānnarastatra brāhmaṇebhyo dadāti yaḥ | brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpaiḥ sa marttyo mucyate dhruvam
Wer dort den Brahmanen schwarzen Sesam darbringt, der Sterbliche wird gewiss von allen Sünden befreit, selbst von schweren Vergehen, beginnend mit der Brahmahatyā.
Pulastya (deduced)
Tirtha: Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Rājendra (king) implied by surrounding address
Scene: A devotee offers a small heap of black sesame into a brāhmaṇa’s hands beside ritual vessels; the atmosphere suggests cleansing—dark sins symbolically ‘lift’ like smoke dissipating into light.
FAQs
Charity performed at a tīrtha, especially offerings connected with śrāddha like sesame, is presented as a potent purifier even for grave wrongdoing.
The instruction belongs to the Kṛṣṇa-tīrtha glorification within Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa’s Arbuda Khaṇḍa.
Tiladāna—donating black sesame seeds to brāhmaṇas at the tīrtha.