Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
ब्रह्महत्योद्भवं चैव अपि तस्य प्रणश्यति । परचक्रभये जाते ह्यना वृष्टिभये तथा
brahmahatyodbhavaṃ caiva api tasya praṇaśyati | paracakrabhaye jāte hyanā vṛṣṭibhaye tathā
Bahkan noda yang lahir dari brahmahatyā (pembunuhan brāhmaṇa) pun musnah baginya. Dan ketika timbul ketakutan akan pasukan musuh, atau ketakutan akan kekeringan karena tiada hujan, laku ini pun membawa pertolongan.
Pippalāda (contextual attribution)
Tirtha: Kaṃsārīśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two-part tableau: (1) a devotee purified as a dark stain labeled ‘brahmahatyā’ dissolves in the liṅga’s radiance; (2) the kṣetra protected—enemy soldiers halted at a luminous boundary while rainclouds gather and pour over fields after temple rites.
FAQs
The deity and tīrtha are portrayed as powerful protectors—removing grave sin and averting collective calamities.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra/Kaṃsāreśvara as the locus of sin-removal and protection.
Continues the prior context of worship/japa before the deity as the means for removing doṣa and fear.