Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 13
वचनान्मम देवेंद्र ब्रह्मणः केशवस्य च । यमस्य वचनाज्जिष्णो हत्या नैवात्र तिष्ठति । प्रविश्य त्वं महाराज अतोत्र स्नानमाचर
vacanānmama deveṃdra brahmaṇaḥ keśavasya ca | yamasya vacanājjiṣṇo hatyā naivātra tiṣṭhati | praviśya tvaṃ mahārāja atotra snānamācara
हे देवेंद्र! माझ्या वचनाने तसेच ब्रह्मा, केशव आणि यम यांच्या आज्ञेने, हे जिष्णु, येथे ‘हत्या’चे पाप मुळीच टिकत नाही. म्हणून, हे महाराज, येथे प्रवेश करून स्नान कर.
Śiva (Hara)
Tirtha: Dharmāraṇya-snānātīrtha (within Dharmāraṇya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Indra (Devendra/Jiṣṇu) and addressed ‘mahārāja’ (king) within the frame
Scene: Śiva (as authoritative protector) instructs Indra/Jiṣṇu and a king to enter Dharmāraṇya and bathe; the tīrtha glows with sanctity, attendants and sages witness the decree of sinlessness.
FAQs
Purification is supported by cosmic order: when the devas uphold a kṣetra’s sanctity, sincere ritual action there becomes a powerful means of expiation.
Dharmāraṇya is affirmed as a place where ‘hatyā’ (sin of killing) cannot remain.
Enter the sacred area and perform snāna (ritual bathing) there.