Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 62
समालिंग्य च संस्थाप्य रुद्रेण सहिता जगुः । अज्ञातविहिते पापे नास्ति वीरेंद्र कल्मषम्
samāliṃgya ca saṃsthāpya rudreṇa sahitā jaguḥ | ajñātavihite pāpe nāsti vīreṃdra kalmaṣam
उसे आलिंगन कर सम्यक् स्थापित करके, रुद्र सहित वे गाने लगे— “हे वीरों के स्वामी! अनजाने में किया गया पाप कल्मष नहीं बनता।”
The fourteen goddesses of Siddhāmbikā (in chorus), with Rudra present
Scene: A hero is embraced and steadied by companions; Rudra’s presence sanctifies the moment as they sing a consoling refrain declaring the hero unstained by an unknowing sin.
FAQs
Moral culpability is linked to intention; an unwitting wrong is treated differently from deliberate harm, and grace restores the repentant.
The setting remains the ocean-side tīrtha context; the emphasis is on divine presence (Rudra and Devīs) sanctifying the place.
No formal rite; the ‘embracing and establishing’ symbolizes divine reinstatement and purification.