Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 122
ततस्तं पूजयामास मन्त्रैर्वक्त्रसमुद्भवैः । सर्वपापहरैः पुण्यैर्यथोक्तैर्ब्रह्मणा पुरा
tatastaṃ pūjayāmāsa mantrairvaktrasamudbhavaiḥ | sarvapāpaharaiḥ puṇyairyathoktairbrahmaṇā purā
Alors il le vénéra par des mantras nés de la bouche—saints, méritoires, ôtant tous les péchés—exactement comme Brahmā l’avait jadis prescrit.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvaraja-kṣetra (with Viśvāmitra-hrada)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭha / sages
Scene: Indra performs worship with mantra-recitation—hands in añjali, offerings placed before a Śiva emblem or sacred focus; the atmosphere is orderly, Vedic, and luminous.
FAQs
Purification is stabilized through obedient ritual worship aligned with scriptural instruction and mantra.
The worship occurs in the same tīrtha context where the kapāla fell—Viśvāmitra-hrada in Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra.
Pūjā using vaktra-samudbhava mantras described as sarva-pāpa-hara, performed as Brahmā instructed.