Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 15
अस्मिन्नहनि संप्राप्ते तस्य पक्षसमुद्भवम् । प्रयास्यति कृतं पापं यदज्ञानाद्विनिर्मितम्
asminnahani saṃprāpte tasya pakṣasamudbhavam | prayāsyati kṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yadajñānādvinirmitam
ครั้นวันศักดิ์สิทธิ์นี้มาถึง บาปที่สั่งสมตลอดปักษ์นั้นย่อมสลายไป—ความผิดที่ทำด้วยความไม่รู้ย่อมมลายสิ้น
Śiva (implied, continuing the vrata/tithi-mahātmya promise)
Tirtha: Yājñavalkyeśvara / Hāṭakeśvara observance day (unspecified by name here)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The ‘sacred day’ dawns; pilgrims gather, fasting and praying. A symbolic calendar/fortnight wheel is shown shedding dark marks as the day’s rites begin, suggesting ignorance-born sins dissolving.
FAQs
Sacred time (tithi) joined to devotion is presented as a purifier, especially for mistakes born of ignorance.
The Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra/Yājñavalkyeśvara setting within Nāgara Khaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Observance of the ‘day’ in question (as part of the described tithi-based worship context), emphasizing devotional practice tied to sacred calendrical time.