Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84
अपि कृत्वा महापापं नारी वा पुरुषोऽथवा । यत्र स्नात्वा प्रसादान्मे विपाप्मा संभविष्यति
api kṛtvā mahāpāpaṃ nārī vā puruṣo'thavā | yatra snātvā prasādānme vipāpmā saṃbhaviṣyati
Même si l’on a commis un grand péché—femme ou homme—quiconque se baigne en ce lieu, par ma grâce, devient délivré du péché.
Śrī Devī
Type: ghat
Listener: Viṣakanyā (and the general pilgrim community)
Scene: A diverse group of pilgrims—men and women—bathe in the sacred waters; the water is depicted as luminous, symbolically washing away dark stains; Devī’s protective presence is shown above or within a shrine nearby.
FAQs
Repentance and turning to a sanctified tīrtha with faith opens the door to purification through Divine grace.
The chapter’s bathing tīrtha is praised as pāpa-hara (sin-removing) due to Devī’s abiding presence and favor.
Snāna (bathing) at this tīrtha as a means of purification from sin.