Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
शक्र उवाच । मातुर्द्रोहकृतं पापं यातु मे त्रिपुरांतक । तथाऽन्येषां मनुष्याणां येऽत्र त्वां श्रद्धयान्विताः । पूजयिष्यंति सद्भक्त्या स्नानं कृत्वा समाहिताः
śakra uvāca | māturdrohakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yātu me tripurāṃtaka | tathā'nyeṣāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ ye'tra tvāṃ śraddhayānvitāḥ | pūjayiṣyaṃti sadbhaktyā snānaṃ kṛtvā samāhitāḥ
シャクラは言った。「おおトリプラーンタカよ、母を裏切って犯した罪が、どうか我より去らんことを。さらに同様に、ここにおいて信を具え、沐浴して心を統一し、真実のバクティをもって汝を礼拝する人々の罪もまた、除かれんことを。」
Śakra (Indra)
Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍana
Type: ghat
Listener: Tripurāntaka (Śiva)
Scene: Indra (Śakra), humbled and penitent, stands at a tīrtha after bathing, hands folded, praying to Tripurāntaka (Śiva) for removal of the sin of betraying his mother; the setting suggests a sacred ford with calm waters and ritual purity.
FAQs
Repentance joined with tīrtha-snānā and Śiva-pūjā is extolled as a dhārmic means for purification—for Indra and for all pilgrims.
The place “here” (atra) associated with Śiva as Tripurāntaka and the Sahasrākṣeśa liṅga, where bathing and worship remove sin.
Bathe at the tīrtha (snāna), then worship Śiva with faith (śraddhā), true devotion (sadbhakti), and mental concentration (samādhāna).