Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10
इन्द्र उवाच । यदि तुष्टोसि देवेश कृपासिंधो महेश्वर । ब्रह्महत्या हि मां देव उद्वेजयति नित्यशः
indra uvāca | yadi tuṣṭosi deveśa kṛpāsiṃdho maheśvara | brahmahatyā hi māṃ deva udvejayati nityaśaḥ
इंद्र म्हणाला—हे देवेश, हे कृपासिंधु महेश्वर! आपण प्रसन्न असाल तर जाणावे, हे देव, ब्रह्महत्येचे पाप मला नित्य व्याकुळ करते।
Indra
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Indra, troubled and humbled, speaks with folded hands; his face shows anxiety and remorse; Śiva listens with steady compassion in a forest-kshetra setting.
FAQs
Even the mighty are bound by karma; confession and seeking refuge in the Lord is the beginning of purification.
Dharmāraṇya, where Indra approaches Śiva for release from Brahmahatyā.
Not yet; the request sets up the later instruction connected to entering Dharmāraṇya and performing sacred bathing.