Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
तिंगिन्या यत्स्वरूपं च तन्मया परिकीर्तितम् । प्रायश्चित्तमिदं सम्यङ्महापातकनाशनम्
tiṃginyā yatsvarūpaṃ ca tanmayā parikīrtitam | prāyaścittamidaṃ samyaṅmahāpātakanāśanam
തിംഗിനിയുടെ സ്വരൂപം ഞാൻ പ്രസ്താവിച്ചു. ഈ പ്രായശ്ചിത്തം ശരിയായി ആചരിച്ചാൽ മഹാപാതകങ്ങളെയും നശിപ്പിക്കുന്നു.
Brāhmaṇa (ritual instructor)
Tirtha: Tiṃginī
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teacher-sage figure formally declares the ‘svarūpa’ of Tiṃginī; listeners sit attentive; the declaration is framed like a dharma-śāstra pronouncement with sacred gravity.
FAQs
Puranic dharma upholds that sincere, properly performed expiation can cleanse even grave wrongdoing.
Tiṃginī is highlighted as the focus of a powerful expiatory practice within this tīrtha-māhātmya.
The verse summarizes that the previously described prāyaścitta must be done ‘samyak’ (according to rule) to yield its sin-destroying fruit.