Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 21
स गच्छेन्निरयं घोरमात्मदोषेण सुन्दरि । तस्मात्पतितुमिच्छामि तीर्थेऽस्मिन्पापनाशने
sa gacchennirayaṃ ghoramātmadoṣeṇa sundari | tasmātpatitumicchāmi tīrthe'sminpāpanāśane
…அவன் தன் குற்றத்தாலேயே, ஓ அழகியே, கொடிய நரகத்திற்குச் செல்கிறான். ஆகவே பாபநாசகமான இந்தத் தீர்த்தத்தில் விழ விரும்புகிறேன்.
Śabara
Type: ghat
Scene: The Śabara, overwhelmed, gestures toward a cliff/steep bank or sacred spot as if intending to throw himself down; the queen (addressed as ‘sundarī’) is alarmed yet composed, intervening near the tīrtha.
FAQs
Acknowledging personal fault is important, but liberation is sought through dharmic purification—not self-harm.
A ‘pāpa-nāśana’ (sin-destroying) tīrtha—contextually Śūlabheda and its sacred waterscape.
The verse mentions the tīrtha as sin-destroying, implying purification through proper tīrtha practice (e.g., snāna), though it does not explicitly prescribe it.
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