Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 37
प्राप्तो जलाशयं तं च यत्रास्ते हि पुरंदरः । यस्य तीरे स्थिता हत्या चंडालीव भयावहा
prāpto jalāśayaṃ taṃ ca yatrāste hi puraṃdaraḥ | yasya tīre sthitā hatyā caṃḍālīva bhayāvahā
പുരന്ദരൻ (ഇന്ദ്രൻ) പാർത്തിരുന്ന ആ ജലാശയത്തിൽ അദ്ദേഹം എത്തി; അതിന്റെ തീരത്ത് ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യാപാപം ഭയങ്കരമായ ചണ്ഡാലിനിയെപ്പോലെ നിലകൊണ്ടിരുന്നു।
Lomaharṣaṇa/Sūta (narrative voice in Māheśvarakhaṇḍa context; speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Tirtha: Indra-jalāśaya (unnamed lake in the passage)
Type: kund
Listener: Brāhmaṇas
Scene: A dark, eerie lakeshore: Indra stays near the waters while Brahmahatyā stands on the bank as a terrifying, shadowy female figure, radiating dread; Bṛhaspati approaches with the devas.
FAQs
Sin is portrayed as an inescapable moral consequence that follows the doer until confronted through right guidance and sacred means.
The verse situates the episode at a sacred jalāśaya within the Kedārakhaṇḍa landscape (Kedāra region of the Himalayas).
No explicit rite is stated here; the verse sets the scene for later counsel on expiation (prāyaścitta).