Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 23
यदेतया पूर्वभवे मत्पूजा महती कृता । तेन पुण्येन तत्पापं नष्टं सर्वं तदैव हि
yadetayā pūrvabhave matpūjā mahatī kṛtā | tena puṇyena tatpāpaṃ naṣṭaṃ sarvaṃ tadaiva hi
पूर्वजन्मी तिने माझी महान पूजा केली होती; त्या पुण्यबळाने तिचे ते पाप त्याच क्षणी सर्वस्वी नष्ट झाले.
Unclear from excerpt (first-person 'me' indicates a deity/narrator speaking in-context)
Scene: A deity (speaker) declares that a woman’s former-life great worship has already destroyed her sin; the scene is didactic, with a calm, luminous aura and subtle imagery of karmic bonds dissolving.
FAQs
Sincere devotion and worship generate puṇya that can neutralize even severe karmic faults.
No specific location is named; the emphasis is on the efficacy of worship (pūjā).
Pūjā (worship) is praised generally, but no specific procedure is detailed in the verse.