Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 36
अधुना वर्तितुं लोके न शक्ताः स्मो वयं प्रभो । रुद्राध्यायानुभावेन निर्दग्धाश्चैव विद्रुताः
adhunā vartituṃ loke na śaktāḥ smo vayaṃ prabho | rudrādhyāyānubhāvena nirdagdhāścaiva vidrutāḥ
ఇప్పుడు, ఓ ప్రభూ, లోకములో మేము సంచరించుటకు శక్తులేమి. రుద్రాధ్యాయ ప్రభావముచే దగ్ధులమై పారిపోయితిమి.
Pātakanāyakāḥ (speaking to Yama)
Scene: Sin-agents appear scorched, fleeing as waves of luminous mantra-fire radiate from a reciter of Rudrādhyāya; the air itself seems charged with sacred syllables.
FAQs
The Purāṇa proclaims Rudra-recitation as a force that sears sin and removes its influence from human life.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned; the glorification centers on Rudrādhyāya as a liberating sacred recitation.
Rudrādhyāya-pāṭha/japa is implied as the practice whose spiritual power expels pātakas.