Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 51
तथान्यैः क्षत्रविट्शूद्रस्त्रीगोहत्या दिपातकैः । वीरहत्याश्वहत्याभ्यां मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
tathānyaiḥ kṣatraviṭśūdrastrīgohatyā dipātakaiḥ | vīrahatyāśvahatyābhyāṃ mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
तसेच इतर पापांपासून—क्षत्रिय, वैश्य, शूद्र, स्त्री किंवा गायीची हत्या—आणि वीरहत्या व अश्वहत्या यांपासूनही तो मुक्त होतो; यात संशय नाही.
Deductive attribution: Purāṇic narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)
Scene: A penitent devotee with downcast eyes applies Tripuṇḍra; behind him, shadowy forms symbolizing grave sins dissolve into ash-like light, while a compassionate Śiva presence is implied above.
FAQs
The text magnifies the purificatory power of the Śaiva observance, portraying it as capable of dissolving even severe wrongdoing.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the passage is doctrinal/ritual in focus.
Implied: continued practice of Tripuṇḍra/bhasma dhāraṇa as a prāyaścitta-like purifier.