Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 2
गुरोर्नैरृत्यदिग्भागे स्थितं पापप्रणाशनम् । अपि कृत्वा महापापं नारी वा पुरुषोऽपि वा
gurornairṛtyadigbhāge sthitaṃ pāpapraṇāśanam | api kṛtvā mahāpāpaṃ nārī vā puruṣo'pi vā
ಗುರು (ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರ/ಮಂದಿರ)ದ ನೈಋತ್ಯ (ದಕ್ಷಿಣ-ಪಶ್ಚಿಮ) ದಿಕ್ಕಿನ ಭಾಗದಲ್ಲಿ ಪಾಪಪ್ರಣಾಶಕ (ಸ್ಥಳ/ಲಿಂಗ) ಸ್ಥಿತವಾಗಿದೆ. ಸ್ತ್ರೀಯಾಗಲಿ ಪುರುಷನಾಗಲಿ—ಮಹಾಪಾಪ ಮಾಡಿದರೂ ಸಹ…
Śiva (Īśvara)
Tirtha: (Unnamed) pāpa-praṇāśana shrine SW of Guru-sthāna
Type: temple
Listener: Mahādevī (Pārvatī/Gaurī)
Scene: A pilgrim couple (woman and man) approaches a small liṅga shrine marked as ‘pāpa-praṇāśana’ in the south-west of a larger ‘Guru’ shrine; the path is short, indicating proximity within a sacred complex.
FAQs
The kṣetra’s Śiva-shrines are portrayed as radically purificatory—open to all, regardless of prior wrongdoing.
The sin-destroying shrine identified in relation to the ‘Guru’ marker—within the Vimaleśvara context of Prabhāsakṣetra.
Implicit instruction to approach and worship the pāpa-praṇāśana shrine, regardless of one’s past sins.