Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
एवं सा तत्र संजाता गर्ता ब्राह्मणसत्तमाः । यथा तस्यां विपाप्माभूत्सौ दासस्तद्वदाम्यहम्
evaṃ sā tatra saṃjātā gartā brāhmaṇasattamāḥ | yathā tasyāṃ vipāpmābhūtsau dāsastadvadāmyaham
ഇങ്ങനെ അവിടെ ആ ഗർത്തം ഉണ്ടായി, ഹേ ബ്രാഹ്മണസത്തമന്മാരേ; ഇപ്പോൾ അതേ സ്ഥലത്ത് സൗദാസൻ എങ്ങനെ പാപമുക്തനായി എന്നത് ഞാൻ പറയുന്നു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa)
Type: kund
Listener: Foremost brāhmaṇas/ṛṣis
Scene: Sūta, seated among sages, gestures toward the sacred pit as he begins the tale of Saudāsa’s release from sin; the garta is shown as a calm, sanctified depression with a faint Śaiva aura.
FAQs
Tīrtha-māhātmya links place and purification: a sanctified locus becomes a means for moral restoration.
The gartā (pit) formed at that location, presented as the setting where Saudāsa attains purification.
Not specified here; the verse transitions into the account that will explain the purification process.