Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 71
ध्रुवदैनंदिनं पापं क्षालितं नात्र संशयः । न तस्य देहिनो देहे जातु चित्किल्बिषस्थितिः
dhruvadainaṃdinaṃ pāpaṃ kṣālitaṃ nātra saṃśayaḥ | na tasya dehino dehe jātu citkilbiṣasthitiḥ
ದೈನಂದಿನ ಸ್ಥಿರ ಪಾಪವು ನಿಶ್ಚಯವಾಗಿ ತೊಳೆಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತದೆ—ಇದರಲ್ಲಿ ಸಂಶಯವಿಲ್ಲ. ಅಂಥ ದೇಹಿಯ ದೇಹದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಪದ ಲೇಶವೂ ಎಂದಿಗೂ ಉಳಿಯದು.
Skanda
Tirtha: Kāśī (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: A symbolic ‘washing’ scene: translucent streams of light flow over the devotee as he chants; dark specks (pāpa) dissolve and fall away, leaving a clear aura; in the distance, Gaṅgā waters mirror the inner cleansing.
FAQs
Consistent sacred practice cleanses even habitual, everyday moral impurities.
The context remains the Kāśī-stotra tradition within Kāśī Khaṇḍa, though no single tirtha is named in this verse.
Implied continuation of daily chanting; the focus is on its cleansing result (kṣālana).