Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 8
गृहीतानि च यान्येव तेषां मोक्षं समाचर । तच्छ्रुत्वा पार्थिवः सोऽथ शंखतीर्थे प्रभक्तितः
gṛhītāni ca yānyeva teṣāṃ mokṣaṃ samācara | tacchrutvā pārthivaḥ so'tha śaṃkhatīrthe prabhaktitaḥ
மேலும் நீ அவர்களிடமிருந்து கைப்பற்றிய அனைத்தையும் விடுவித்து முறையாக அவர்களுக்கே மீளளி. இதைக் கேட்ட அந்த அரசன் பக்தியுடன் சங்கதீர்த்தத்தில் அதையே நடைமுறைப்படுத்தினான்.
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Tirtha: Śaṅkhatīrtha
Type: tirtha
Scene: The king, newly humbled, orders the release of seized goods; then he journeys toward a riverside/shore tīrtha marked by conch symbolism; attendants carry returned items; brāhmaṇas accompany or await.
FAQs
True purification includes ethical repair—returning what was wrongly taken—and then approaching the tīrtha with devotion.
Śaṅkhatīrtha.
Restitution: releasing/returning seized items and properly restoring them to rightful recipients.
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