Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 20
सर्वपापविशुद्ध्यर्थं शिवलोके महीयते । नीलोत्सर्गं तु यो मर्त्यः करोति च तदग्रतः
sarvapāpaviśuddhyarthaṃ śivaloke mahīyate | nīlotsargaṃ tu yo martyaḥ karoti ca tadagrataḥ
സർവ്വപാപശുദ്ധിക്കായി അവൻ ശിവലോകത്തിൽ മഹത്വപ്പെടുന്നു; കൂടാതെ ആ (ദേവ/തീർത്ഥ) സന്നിധിയിൽ ‘നീലോത്സർഗം’ അർപ്പിക്കുന്ന മർത്ത്യനും അതേ പുണ്യം പ്രാപിക്കുന്നു.
Unspecified (Purāṇic narrator)
Tirtha: Indreśvara (Dharmāraṇya)
Type: kshetra
Scene: In front of the liṅga, a devotee performs a formal utsarga: a blue-hued offering (symbolic of 'nīla') is released/placed with mantra; priests witness; the scene suggests solemnity and otherworldly radiance hinting at Śivaloka.
FAQs
Place-based Śaiva rites and vowed offerings are presented as direct causes of purification and exalted posthumous honor.
Indreśvara/Indratīrtha within Dharmāraṇya, where the rite is performed ‘before’ the sacred presence.
Perform nīlotsarga as a vowed offering in the deity’s/tīrtha’s presence.