Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3
उमाया नैरृते भागे ब्रह्मदेवर्षिसंस्थितः । तस्योत्पत्तिं प्रवक्ष्यामि सर्वपातकनाशिनीम्
umāyā nairṛte bhāge brahmadevarṣisaṃsthitaḥ | tasyotpattiṃ pravakṣyāmi sarvapātakanāśinīm
ഉമയുടെ നൈഋത്യ (തെക്ക്-പടിഞ്ഞാറ്) ഭാഗത്ത് ബ്രഹ്മദേവർഷി സ്ഥിതിചെയ്യുന്നു। ഇപ്പോൾ ഞാൻ അദ്ദേഹത്തിന്റെ ഉത്ഭവം പറയും—അത് സർവ്വപാപനാശിനിയാണ്।
Īśvara (Śiva) (continued discourse)
Tirtha: Brahmadevarṣi (near Umā shrine)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Near Umā’s shrine in the south-west quarter, a revered liṅga named Brahmadevarṣi stands; a narrator begins the origin tale as listeners sit with folded hands, the air charged with purificatory promise.
FAQs
Remembering and hearing tīrtha-origin narratives is itself purificatory, dissolving even grave sins through sacred remembrance.
The locale near Umā’s shrine in Prabhāsakṣetra, where Brahmadevarṣi is established.
Śravaṇa (listening) is implied as the purifying act, since the origin account is declared “destroyer of all sins.”