Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ज्ञात्वा तं गतकल्मषम् । उत्तार्य शनकैः शूलाद्विनयावनतं स्थितम्
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā jñātvā taṃ gatakalmaṣam | uttārya śanakaiḥ śūlādvinayāvanataṃ sthitam
त्याचे वचन ऐकून आणि तो पापमुक्त झाला आहे असे जाणून, (प्रभूंनी) त्याला हळूहळू त्रिशूलावरून उतरविले; तो विनयाने नतमस्तक होऊन तेथे उभा राहिला।
Narrative voice within the Māhātmya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva, having heard the devotee’s plea and recognized his sinlessness, gently lifts him down from the trident; the devotee stands bowed, hands folded, overwhelmed by grace.
FAQs
When repentance is genuine and impurity is gone, divine grace actively uplifts and restores the devotee.
Not named in this shloka; the verse belongs to a wider tīrtha-glorification narrative.
None explicitly; the verse depicts divine intervention and the devotee’s vinaya (humble posture).