Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
उमाया नैरृते भागे ब्रह्मदेवर्षिसंस्थितः । तस्योत्पत्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपातकनाशिनीम्
umāyā nairṛte bhāge brahmadevarṣisaṃsthitaḥ | tasyotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvapātakanāśinīm
In the south-western quarter of Umā’s shrine stands Brahmadevarṣi. I shall now recount his origin—an account that destroys all sins.
Īśvara (Śiva) (continued discourse)
Tirtha: Brahmadevarṣi (near Umā shrine)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Near Umā’s shrine in the south-west quarter, a revered liṅga named Brahmadevarṣi stands; a narrator begins the origin tale as listeners sit with folded hands, the air charged with purificatory promise.
FAQs
Remembering and hearing tīrtha-origin narratives is itself purificatory, dissolving even grave sins through sacred remembrance.
The locale near Umā’s shrine in Prabhāsakṣetra, where Brahmadevarṣi is established.
Śravaṇa (listening) is implied as the purifying act, since the origin account is declared “destroyer of all sins.”