Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 49
लिङ्गं प्रतिष्ठितं तत्र भारभूतेति विश्रुतम् । मृतांस्तान् वै द्विजान् दृष्ट्वा ब्रह्महत्या निराकृता
liṅgaṃ pratiṣṭhitaṃ tatra bhārabhūteti viśrutam | mṛtāṃstān vai dvijān dṛṣṭvā brahmahatyā nirākṛtā
Un liṅga fut établi là, renommé sous le nom de 'Bhārabhūta'. En voyant ces brahmanes (comme) morts, le péché de brahmahatyā fut chassé (annulé).
Narrator
Tirtha: Bhārabhūta/Bhārabhūteśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Not specified in excerpt
Scene: A liṅga is established, famed as Bhārabhūta; the sight of the brāhmaṇa youths ‘as if dead’ becomes the very occasion by which brahmahatyā is nullified—transforming tragedy into sanctity.
FAQs
Contact with a Śiva-tīrtha and the स्थापना of a liṅga signifies purification—grave sin is said to be dispelled by divine grace.
The Bhārabhūteśvara/Bhārabhūta liṅga site is explicitly presented as a sanctifying tīrtha.
Liṅga-pratiṣṭhā (establishing a liṅga) is implied as the sacred act marking the site’s renown and purificatory power.