Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 152
यथा देवेश्वरस्यात्र पापं नष्टं महात्मनः । ब्रह्महत्या यथा नष्टा तस्मिंस्तीर्थे द्विजोत्तमाः
yathā deveśvarasyātra pāpaṃ naṣṭaṃ mahātmanaḥ | brahmahatyā yathā naṣṭā tasmiṃstīrthe dvijottamāḥ
Wahai brāhmaṇa yang utama, sebagaimana di tempat ini dosa Deveśvara yang berhati luhur telah lenyap, demikian juga di tīrtha itu dosa besar brahmahatyā telah dimusnahkan.
Narrator
Tirtha: Tīrtha of Vātakeśvara-kṣetra associated with Kapālamocana/Kapāleśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: dvijottamāḥ (best of brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A didactic moment: the narrator addresses ‘best of brāhmaṇas’, pointing to the tīrtha where Deveśvara’s sin and brahmahatyā were destroyed; imagery of bathing, ash, and Śiva’s compassionate presence.
FAQs
The tīrtha is exalted as a decisive locus of purification, where even the gravest defilements are said to be dissolved.
The tīrtha identified in the surrounding passage as Kapālamocana, linked with Kapāleśvara/Kapālamocaneśvara.
The verse highlights the tīrtha’s effect; the implied observance (from earlier verses) is snāna and Śiva worship there.