Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
गृहीतानि च यान्येव तेषां मोक्षं समाचर । तच्छ्रुत्वा पार्थिवः सोऽथ शंखतीर्थे प्रभक्तितः
gṛhītāni ca yānyeva teṣāṃ mokṣaṃ samācara | tacchrutvā pārthivaḥ so'tha śaṃkhatīrthe prabhaktitaḥ
Dan apa sahaja yang telah engkau rampas, lepaskanlah dan pulangkan dengan sepatutnya kepada mereka. Mendengar demikian, raja itu, penuh bhakti, lalu bertindak di Śaṅkhatīrtha.
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Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha
Type: tirtha
Scene: The king, newly humbled, orders the release of seized goods; then he journeys toward a riverside/shore tīrtha marked by conch symbolism; attendants carry returned items; brāhmaṇas accompany or await.
FAQs
True purification includes ethical repair—returning what was wrongly taken—and then approaching the tīrtha with devotion.
Śaṅkhatīrtha.
Restitution: releasing/returning seized items and properly restoring them to rightful recipients.