Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
इला तु कथ्यते भूमिः सुपर्णेन प्रतिष्ठिता । ततः सुपर्णेलेत्येव नाम्ना पातकनाशिनी
ilā tu kathyate bhūmiḥ suparṇena pratiṣṭhitā | tataḥ suparṇeletyeva nāmnā pātakanāśinī
La terre est appelée Ilā, et elle fut établie par Suparṇa (Garuda). C’est pourquoi on la connaît sous le nom de « Suparṇelā » — celle qui détruit les péchés.
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Suparṇelā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A luminous patch of earth identified as Ilā, sanctified by Suparṇa; pilgrims bow at a Bhairavī shrine while a subtle Garuḍa emblem appears above, signifying pāpaharaṇa.
FAQs
A tīrtha is revered as a living purifier—its sanctity is expressed as pātaka-nāśana (removal of moral and ritual impurity).
Suparṇelā, explicitly praised as ‘pātakanāśinī’ (sin-destroying).
None directly; it states the tīrtha’s inherent fruit (phala): destruction of sins.