Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 45
विज्ञाय शिवपूजाया माहात्म्यं तत्प्रभावतः । ननाम दंडवद्भूमौ स्वमातुरघशांतये
vijñāya śivapūjāyā māhātmyaṃ tatprabhāvataḥ | nanāma daṃḍavadbhūmau svamāturaghaśāṃtaye
اس کرشمے کے اثر سے شِو پوجا کی عظمت جان کر، اس نے اپنی ماں کے گناہ کی تسکین کے لیے زمین پر لاٹھی کی مانند دَندوت پرنام کیا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator within Brahmottarakhaṇḍa)
Tirtha: Śiva-pūjā (liṅga-kṣetra)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The boy lies fully prostrate like a staff before the jewel-set liṅga, his gesture conveying surrender and a heartfelt wish to calm his mother’s sin; the sanctum glows with crystal-white and gold light.
FAQs
A devotee responds to wrongdoing not with hatred but with humility and prayer for the offender’s purification.
No named tīrtha; the verse glorifies Śiva-pūjā itself and the salvific power of devotion.
Daṇḍavat praṇāma (full prostration) is presented as an act aligned with repentance and seeking śānti.