Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 36
एवं वास्तुपदं जातं तस्मिन्क्षेत्रे द्विजोत्तमाः । अस्मिन्क्षेत्रे नरः पापात्स्पृष्टो मुच्येत कर्मणा
evaṃ vāstupadaṃ jātaṃ tasminkṣetre dvijottamāḥ | asminkṣetre naraḥ pāpātspṛṣṭo mucyeta karmaṇā
Ainsi naquit le Vāstu-pada dans ce champ sacré, ô le meilleur des deux-fois-nés. Dans ce kṣetra même, un homme, fût-il touché par le péché, est délivré par le rite prescrit.
Sūta (narrative voice; implied for this section)
FAQs
A sanctified place amplifies dharmic action; proper ritual performed in a holy kṣetra leads to purification from sin.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra, presented as the field where the Vāstu-pada manifested and grants pāpa-kṣaya.
Liberation from sin is said to occur ‘by karma’—i.e., by performing the prescribed rite connected with the Vāstu-pada in this kṣetra.