Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 152
यथा देवेश्वरस्यात्र पापं नष्टं महात्मनः । ब्रह्महत्या यथा नष्टा तस्मिंस्तीर्थे द्विजोत्तमाः
yathā deveśvarasyātra pāpaṃ naṣṭaṃ mahātmanaḥ | brahmahatyā yathā naṣṭā tasmiṃstīrthe dvijottamāḥ
Ô meilleurs des brāhmaṇas, de même qu’en ce lieu le péché du magnanime Deveśvara fut détruit, de même, en ce tīrtha même, la brahmahatyā fut anéantie.
Narrator
Tirtha: Tīrtha of Vātakeśvara-kṣetra associated with Kapālamocana/Kapāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (best of brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A didactic moment: the narrator addresses ‘best of brāhmaṇas’, pointing to the tīrtha where Deveśvara’s sin and brahmahatyā were destroyed; imagery of bathing, ash, and Śiva’s compassionate presence.
FAQs
The tīrtha is exalted as a decisive locus of purification, where even the gravest defilements are said to be dissolved.
The tīrtha identified in the surrounding passage as Kapālamocana, linked with Kapāleśvara/Kapālamocaneśvara.
The verse highlights the tīrtha’s effect; the implied observance (from earlier verses) is snāna and Śiva worship there.