Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 33
नरकान्पालयामासुः स्वभृत्यैश्चोपपातकैः । रुद्राध्याये भुवि प्राप्ते साक्षात्कैवल्यसाधने
narakānpālayāmāsuḥ svabhṛtyaiścopapātakaiḥ | rudrādhyāye bhuvi prāpte sākṣātkaivalyasādhane
They kept watch over the hells along with their own servants—the subsidiary sins. But when the Rudrādhyāya, the direct means to liberation, spread upon the earth…
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: A dramatic contrast: in Naraka, sin-guards patrol; on earth, sages chant the Rudrādhyāya around a Śiva-liṅga, light radiating outward; the sin-leaders recoil as the chant spreads like a luminous wave.
FAQs
Rudra-recitation is portrayed as so purifying and liberating that even the forces governing punishment are shaken by its presence.
No particular tīrtha is named; the verse glorifies the sacred practice of Rudrādhyāya/Rudra-japa itself.
Rudrādhyāya (Rudra-japa/recitation) is implied as the practice, praised as a direct means toward kaivalya.