Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 51
तथान्यैः क्षत्रविट्शूद्रस्त्रीगोहत्या दिपातकैः । वीरहत्याश्वहत्याभ्यां मुच्यते नात्र संशयः
tathānyaiḥ kṣatraviṭśūdrastrīgohatyā dipātakaiḥ | vīrahatyāśvahatyābhyāṃ mucyate nātra saṃśayaḥ
اسی طرح دوسرے گناہوں سے—جیسے کشتری، ویش، شودر، عورت یا گائے کا قتل—اور بہادر کے قتل اور گھوڑے کے قتل سے بھی نجات ملتی ہے؛ اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔
Deductive attribution: Purāṇic narrator (likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition within Brāhma Khaṇḍa)
Scene: A penitent devotee with downcast eyes applies Tripuṇḍra; behind him, shadowy forms symbolizing grave sins dissolve into ash-like light, while a compassionate Śiva presence is implied above.
FAQs
The text magnifies the purificatory power of the Śaiva observance, portraying it as capable of dissolving even severe wrongdoing.
No tīrtha is mentioned; the passage is doctrinal/ritual in focus.
Implied: continued practice of Tripuṇḍra/bhasma dhāraṇa as a prāyaścitta-like purifier.