Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
ब्रह्महत्योद्भवं चैव अपि तस्य प्रणश्यति । परचक्रभये जाते ह्यना वृष्टिभये तथा
brahmahatyodbhavaṃ caiva api tasya praṇaśyati | paracakrabhaye jāte hyanā vṛṣṭibhaye tathā
അവനിൽ ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യയിൽ നിന്നുണ്ടായ കലുഷവും നശിക്കുന്നു; ശത്രുസേനാഭയം ഉണ്ടായാലും, അനാവൃഷ്ടി (മഴക്കുറവ്) ഭയം ഉണ്ടായാലും, അതിലും ശമനം ലഭിക്കുന്നു.
Pippalāda (contextual attribution)
Tirtha: Kaṃsārīśvara
Type: kshetra
Scene: Two-part tableau: (1) a devotee purified as a dark stain labeled ‘brahmahatyā’ dissolves in the liṅga’s radiance; (2) the kṣetra protected—enemy soldiers halted at a luminous boundary while rainclouds gather and pour over fields after temple rites.
FAQs
The deity and tīrtha are portrayed as powerful protectors—removing grave sin and averting collective calamities.
Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra/Kaṃsāreśvara as the locus of sin-removal and protection.
Continues the prior context of worship/japa before the deity as the means for removing doṣa and fear.