Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
ब्रह्महत्योद्भवं चैव अपि तस्य प्रणश्यति । परचक्रभये जाते ह्यना वृष्टिभये तथा
brahmahatyodbhavaṃ caiva api tasya praṇaśyati | paracakrabhaye jāte hyanā vṛṣṭibhaye tathā
Même la souillure née du péché de tuer un brahmane est détruite pour lui. Et lorsque surgit la crainte d’une armée ennemie, ou la crainte de la sécheresse, cette pratique apporte le soulagement.
Pippalāda (contextual attribution)
Tirtha: Kaṃsārīśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two-part tableau: (1) a devotee purified as a dark stain labeled ‘brahmahatyā’ dissolves in the liṅga’s radiance; (2) the kṣetra protected—enemy soldiers halted at a luminous boundary while rainclouds gather and pour over fields after temple rites.
FAQs
The deity and tīrtha are portrayed as powerful protectors—removing grave sin and averting collective calamities.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra/Kaṃsāreśvara as the locus of sin-removal and protection.
Continues the prior context of worship/japa before the deity as the means for removing doṣa and fear.