Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
इला तु कथ्यते भूमिः सुपर्णेन प्रतिष्ठिता । ततः सुपर्णेलेत्येव नाम्ना पातकनाशिनी
ilā tu kathyate bhūmiḥ suparṇena pratiṣṭhitā | tataḥ suparṇeletyeva nāmnā pātakanāśinī
ଭୂମିକୁ ‘ଇଳା’ ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ, ଏବଂ ତାହା ସୁପର୍ଣଙ୍କ ଦ୍ୱାରା ପ୍ରତିଷ୍ଠିତ। ତେଣୁ ସେ ‘ସୁପର୍ଣେଲା’ ନାମରେ—ପାପନାଶିନୀ—ପ୍ରସିଦ୍ଧ।
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Suparṇelā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A luminous patch of earth identified as Ilā, sanctified by Suparṇa; pilgrims bow at a Bhairavī shrine while a subtle Garuḍa emblem appears above, signifying pāpaharaṇa.
FAQs
A tīrtha is revered as a living purifier—its sanctity is expressed as pātaka-nāśana (removal of moral and ritual impurity).
Suparṇelā, explicitly praised as ‘pātakanāśinī’ (sin-destroying).
None directly; it states the tīrtha’s inherent fruit (phala): destruction of sins.