Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10
भवकोटिशतोत्पन्नषुण्यराशिविपाकतः । लभ्यते वा पुनस्तत्र बिल्वपत्रार्चनं विभोः
bhavakoṭiśatotpannaṣuṇyarāśivipākataḥ | labhyate vā punastatra bilvapatrārcanaṃ vibhoḥ
Même après la maturation de l’immense « vide » des mérites et démérites amassés au fil de centaines de crores de naissances, c’est seulement alors—en ce lieu sacré—qu’on obtient la grâce d’adorer le Seigneur avec des feuilles de bilva.
Deductive: Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa (likely Sūta-style narration to sages)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee in a sacred precinct approaches a Śiva-liṅga with a copper vessel and a plate of fresh bilva leaves; the atmosphere suggests the weight of countless births culminating in a single auspicious offering.
FAQs
Access to simple Śiva-worship (bilva-leaf offering) is portrayed as extraordinarily rare—attained only after long karmic maturation.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; the praise functions as a general māhātmya within the Brahmottarakhaṇḍa context.
Bilvapatrārcana—offering bilva leaves in worship of the Lord (Śiva), typically to the Śivaliṅga.