Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 34
भीताः प्रदुद्रुवुः सर्वे तेऽमी पातकनायकाः । यमं विज्ञापयामासुः सहान्यैरुपपातकैः
bhītāḥ pradudruvuḥ sarve te'mī pātakanāyakāḥ | yamaṃ vijñāpayāmāsuḥ sahānyairupapātakaiḥ
ഭീതരായി ആ പാതകനായകർ എല്ലാവരും ഓടിപ്പോയി; മറ്റു ഉപപാതകങ്ങളോടൊപ്പം യമനെ സമീപിച്ച് വിവരം അറിയിച്ചു।
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: The pātaka-nāyakas and upapātakas scatter in panic, rushing through smoky corridors to Yama, gesturing toward a distant glow from earth where Rudra-chant rises; Yama listens, stern yet concerned.
FAQs
The text dramatizes the supremacy of sacred Rudra-recitation over sin and its consequences.
No tīrtha is specified; the emphasis is on the spiritual potency of Rudra practice.
Implicitly, Rudra-japa/Rudrādhyāya, whose influence causes sin-forces to retreat.