Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 31
सप्तजन्मकृतं पापं नाशमायाति तत्क्षणात् । यान्यान्प्रार्थयते कामांस्तांस्ताना प्नोति मानवः
saptajanmakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ nāśamāyāti tatkṣaṇāt | yānyānprārthayate kāmāṃstāṃstānā pnoti mānavaḥ
सात जन्मांत केलेले पाप तत्क्षणी नष्ट होते. मनुष्य ज्या-ज्या इच्छा प्रार्थितो, त्या-त्या इच्छाच त्याला प्राप्त होतात.
Nārada
Tirtha: Devī-kuṇḍa (contextual)
Type: kund
Scene: A radiant Devī presence above the pond as the devotee prays; dark smoke-like ‘sins’ dissolve, while symbolic boons (lotus, child, prosperity) appear as light forms.
FAQs
Sincere ritual at a powerful kṣetra brings rapid purification and aligns human longing with divine grace.
The kuṇḍa and Devī-sthāna described in the immediately preceding verses of this chapter.
Implied continuation of the prior prescription: snāna and Devī-pūjā, whose फल (fruit) is described here.