Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 105
परं तस्य वधाज्जाता ब्रह्महत्या सुगर्हिता । तव शक्र न तेनाद्य स्पृशामोऽस्पृश्यतां गतम्
paraṃ tasya vadhājjātā brahmahatyā sugarhitā | tava śakra na tenādya spṛśāmo'spṛśyatāṃ gatam
«Pourtant, de sa mise à mort est né sur toi, ô Śakra, le péché de brahmahatyā, si durement réprouvé. C’est pourquoi, aujourd’hui, nous ne te touchons pas : tu es tombé dans un état d’impureté rituelle, d’intouchable.»
Brahmā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indra (Śakra)
Scene: Brahmā solemnly declares that Indra has incurred brahmahatyā from the killing; the devas recoil, refusing contact, marking Indra as ritually untouchable despite his sovereignty.
FAQs
Even powerful beings are bound by moral law; grave wrongdoing produces impurity that requires prescribed purification.
This verse does not name a tīrtha; it introduces the need for purification that will be fulfilled through tīrthayātrā.
Implied: avoidance due to impurity (aspṛśyatā); explicit remedial rites are stated later as tīrthayātrā.