Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 73
पापोऽस्मि मूढोऽस्मि महोग्रकर्मा रौद्रोऽस्मि नाचारनिधानमस्मि । तथापि तुभ्यं प्रणिपत्य पादयोर्जयं भक्तानामर्पय श्रीजयार्क
pāpo'smi mūḍho'smi mahograkarmā raudro'smi nācāranidhānamasmi | tathāpi tubhyaṃ praṇipatya pādayorjayaṃ bhaktānāmarpaya śrījayārka
मी पापी आहे, मी मोहग्रस्त आहे, माझी कर्मे अतिशय उग्र व भयंकर आहेत; मी कठोर आहे आणि सदाचाराचा आधार नाही. तरीही, हे श्रीजयार्क, तुझ्या चरणी प्रणाम करून विनवितो—तुझ्या भक्तांना जय व कल्याण अर्पण कर।
Kamaṭha (the tortoise devotee), addressing Jayāditya (Sūrya)
Tirtha: Jayārka/Jayāditya-sthāna (Sūrya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Audience of the Purāṇic discourse (implied) / Jayārka as addressed deity
Scene: A penitent devotee (Kamaṭha) with folded hands bows at the radiant Sun-deity’s feet, confessing sins; the deity’s aura spreads like a golden disc, while other pilgrims witness the act of surrender.
FAQs
Even a flawed person can approach the deity with humility; divine grace is sought not on entitlement but on surrender and devotion.
The focus is on Jayāditya’s salvific power within the narrative; the shloka itself does not specify a named pilgrimage site.
Implied practice is praṇipāta (prostration) and stotra; no formal vow or donation is stated here.