Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33
ईदृग्रूपाश्च ये विप्राः पाशुपत्ये व्यवस्थिताः । ते महत्पापसंघातं दहन्त्येव न संशयः
īdṛgrūpāśca ye viprāḥ pāśupatye vyavasthitāḥ | te mahatpāpasaṃghātaṃ dahantyeva na saṃśayaḥ
ایسے ہی وصف والے جو وِپر پاشوپت مارگ میں مضبوطی سے قائم رہتے ہیں، وہ بڑے بڑے گناہوں کے انبار کو جلا دیتے ہیں—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Śaṅkara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (general) with Pāśupata association
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of disciplined Pāśupata brāhmaṇas performing Śiva-pūjā near the river: ash markings, rudrākṣa, calm faces; a visual metaphor of sins burning away as dark smoke dissolving into light around a liṅga.
FAQs
Steadfast commitment to a Śaiva discipline (Pāśupata) is praised as powerfully purificatory.
No single site is named; the promise of purification is taught within the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred milieu.
Remaining ‘vyavasthita’ (firmly established) in Pāśupata observance—i.e., consistent vow-based practice.