Skanda Purana — Kashi Khanda, Shloka 86
इत्युक्त्वांतर्दधे वेधाः सापि निर्धूतकल्मषा । धूतपापोटजं प्राप्ताथो वेदशिरसः पितुः
ityuktvāṃtardadhe vedhāḥ sāpi nirdhūtakalmaṣā | dhūtapāpoṭajaṃ prāptātho vedaśirasaḥ pituḥ
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞ് വേധാഃ (ബ്രഹ്മാവ്) അന്തർധാനം ചെയ്തു. അവളും മലിനതകൾ നീക്കി, പാപം കഴുകി, കുടിലാശ്രമത്തിലെത്തി വേദശിരസ് എന്ന പിതാവിന്റെ അടുക്കലേക്ക് ചെന്നു.
Narrator (deduced Kāśīkhaṇḍa narrative voice; traditionally Skanda to Agastya in Kāśīkhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Kāśī-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Brahmā fades into light; the maiden stands serene, aura cleansed, then walks back toward a leaf-hut hermitage where the sage-father awaits.
FAQs
Divine grace removes karmic stain (kalmaṣa), restoring a being to purity—central to the Purāṇic promise of tīrtha and blessing.
The verse continues the Kāśī-māhātmya setting where sanctity is conferred; the focus is on purification rather than naming a single tīrtha.
None explicitly; the emphasis is on the fruit (sin-removal) achieved through Brahmā’s boon.