Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 124
एतस्मिन्नन्तरे ब्रह्मा सह देवैः समागतः । ब्रह्महत्याविमुक्तं तं ज्ञात्वा सर्वसुराधिपम्
etasminnantare brahmā saha devaiḥ samāgataḥ | brahmahatyāvimuktaṃ taṃ jñātvā sarvasurādhipam
À cet instant, Brahmā arriva avec les dieux; et sachant que le Seigneur de toutes les divinités avait été délivré du péché du meurtre d’un brāhmane, il s’approcha de lui.
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator in Tīrthamāhātmya context)
Tirtha: Hāṭakeśvaraja-kṣetra (context)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Dvija-śreṣṭha / sages
Scene: Brahmā arrives with a host of gods at the purified kṣetra; they approach Indra, now radiant, acknowledging his freedom from brahmahatyā; the scene feels like a celestial court at a pilgrimage site.
FAQs
The fruits of tīrtha and prāyaścitta are affirmed by divine order: even great sins can be lifted through dharmic means.
The scene belongs to the Viśvāmitra-hrada/Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra purification episode.
The verse emphasizes the achieved result—freedom from brahmahatyā—following prescribed snāna and worship.