Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 94
दिष्ट्या मुक्तोसि राजेंद्र पापाद्ब्रह्मवधोद्भवात् । दिष्ट्या त्वं तेजसा युक्तः पुनः प्राप्तो निजं पुरम्
diṣṭyā muktosi rājeṃdra pāpādbrahmavadhodbhavāt | diṣṭyā tvaṃ tejasā yuktaḥ punaḥ prāpto nijaṃ puram
நல்வாழ்த்தால், அரசே, பிரம்மஹத்தையால் உண்டான பாவத்திலிருந்து நீ விடுபட்டாய். நல்வாழ்த்தால், ஒளியுடன் கூடி மீண்டும் உன் சொந்த நகரை அடைந்தாய்.
Vasiṣṭha
Tirtha: Bhrūṇagarta (implied)
Type: kund
Scene: A king, freed from brahmahatyā-doṣa, stands radiant again, returning to his city; attendants and citizens witness his restored tejas as a sign of divine grace.
FAQs
Even the gravest karmic burden is portrayed as remediable through sincere atonement and the grace of sacred places and dharma.
Bhrūṇagarta, the tīrtha credited in this episode with freeing the king from brahmahatyā-born sin.
No explicit act is stated here; the verse declares the achieved result—freedom from grave sin and restoration of tejas.
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