Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
तावत्पापानि गर्जंति तावद्बिभेति पातकी । यावन्न विहितो भास्वान्दीपो नारायणालये
tāvatpāpāni garjaṃti tāvadbibheti pātakī | yāvanna vihito bhāsvāndīpo nārāyaṇālaye
Selama itulah dosa mengaum, selama itulah si pendosa gementar—hingga pelita yang bercahaya didirikan menurut tata cara di rumah suci Nārāyaṇa.
Contextual: Brahmā (Brahmā–Nārada Saṃvāda)
Tirtha: Nārāyaṇa-ālaya (as a merit-field rather than a named tīrtha)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A trembling sinner approaches a Nārāyaṇa temple at night; shadowy forms (sins) ‘roar’ like dark clouds; as the lamp is set and lit, the shadows retreat and the devotee’s posture relaxes into peace.
FAQs
When devotion is expressed through temple lamp-lighting, the oppressive force of sin is subdued and fear is dispelled.
The verse speaks broadly of the Nārāyaṇa temple within the Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra māhātmya narrative setting.
Duly place/light a radiant lamp in Nārāyaṇa’s temple.