Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 92
ततस्तं पापनिर्मुक्तं तेजसा भास्करोपमम् । दृष्ट्वा पुत्रास्तथा मर्त्याः प्रणेमुस्तुष्टिसंयुताः
tatastaṃ pāpanirmuktaṃ tejasā bhāskaropamam | dṛṣṭvā putrāstathā martyāḥ praṇemustuṣṭisaṃyutāḥ
പിന്നീട് അവനെ പാപമുക്തനായി, സൂര്യസമാന തേജസ്സോടെ ദീപ്തനായി കണ്ടപ്പോൾ, അവന്റെ പുത്രന്മാരും ജനങ്ങളും തൃപ്തി-ആനന്ദത്തോടെ പ്രണാമം ചെയ്തു.
Unspecified in snippet (within Sūta’s narration)
Tirtha: Bhrūṇagarta (implied cause of purification)
Type: kund
Scene: The king returns glowing like the sun; sons and townspeople gather, hands folded, bowing with relief and joy; the scene is bright, morning-like, with a celebratory yet devotional tone.
FAQs
Purification through dharma and tīrtha manifests outwardly as clarity, radiance, and renewed social harmony.
The episode pertains to Bhrūṇagarta, associated with removal of grave sin.
No explicit ritual is stated; the verse emphasizes the fruit (phala) of purification.