Varaha Purana 97.31: Adhyaya 97, Shloka 31
The Glory of Rudra: The Origin of the Kapālamocana Pilgrimage Site and Rudra’s Expiatory Vow
रुद्रो विशुद्धिमापन्नो मुक्तः स ब्रह्महत्यया ॥ कपालमोचनं नाम तीर्थं त्रैलोक्यविश्रुतम्
rudro viśuddhim āpanno muktaḥ sa brahmahatyayā || kapālamocanaṃ nāma tīrthaṃ trailokyaviśrutam
रुद्र बिल्कुल साफ हो गए। ब्राह्मण हत्या का दोष उनसे छूट गया। यह तीर्थ कपालमोचनम् के नाम से जाना जाता है। तीनों दुनिया में मशहूर है।
Varāha (default narrative voice)
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It reflects a widespread South Asian narrative pattern linking moral transgression, expiation, and the sacralization of landscape—key for the study of pilgrimage networks and religious geography.
The verse names Kapālamocana as a tīrtha (without specifying coordinates here) and situates its fame cosmologically as ‘known in the three worlds’.
It presents the possibility of purification after grave wrongdoing through prescribed means, emphasizing accountability and restoration rather than permanence of impurity.
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