Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 58
सद्य एव विनश्यंति त्रिपुंड्रस्य च धारणात् । शिवद्रव्यापहरणं शिवनिंदा च कुत्रचित्
sadya eva vinaśyaṃti tripuṃḍrasya ca dhāraṇāt | śivadravyāpaharaṇaṃ śivaniṃdā ca kutracit
ତ୍ରିପୁଣ୍ଡ୍ର ଧାରଣମାତ୍ରେ ପାପ ତତ୍କ୍ଷଣାତ୍ ନଶିଯାଏ—ଶିବଦ୍ରବ୍ୟ ଅପହରଣ ଏବଂ କେତେକ ସ୍ଥାନରେ ଶିବନିନ୍ଦା ମଧ୍ୟ।
Unknown (contextual narrator within Brahmottara-khaṇḍa; likely a Purāṇic narrator addressing a listener)
Scene: A devotee applies three horizontal ash lines on the forehead; behind him a subtle vision of Śiva’s grace consuming dark smoke-like sins labeled ‘theft of Śiva’s property’ and ‘Śiva-nindā’.
FAQs
Shaiva marks like the Tripuṇḍra are praised as powerful aids for purification and turning the devotee toward Śiva-bhakti.
No single tīrtha is specified in this verse; it glorifies a Shaiva practice (Tripuṇḍra-dhāraṇa) rather than a location.
The prescription is to wear the Tripuṇḍra (three lines, traditionally of vibhūti/holy ash) as a Shaiva devotional observance.