Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
शक्र उवाच । मातुर्द्रोहकृतं पापं यातु मे त्रिपुरांतक । तथाऽन्येषां मनुष्याणां येऽत्र त्वां श्रद्धयान्विताः । पूजयिष्यंति सद्भक्त्या स्नानं कृत्वा समाहिताः
śakra uvāca | māturdrohakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yātu me tripurāṃtaka | tathā'nyeṣāṃ manuṣyāṇāṃ ye'tra tvāṃ śraddhayānvitāḥ | pūjayiṣyaṃti sadbhaktyā snānaṃ kṛtvā samāhitāḥ
شکر نے کہا: اے تریپورانتک! ماں سے دغا کرنے کے سبب جو گناہ مجھ سے ہوا، وہ مجھ سے دور ہو جائے۔ اور اسی طرح یہاں جو دوسرے لوگ بھی ایمان و श्रद्धا کے ساتھ غسل کر کے یکسو دل سے سچی بھکتی کے ساتھ تیری پوجا کریں، اُن کے گناہ بھی مٹ جائیں۔
Śakra (Indra)
Tirtha: Bālamaṇḍana
Type: ghat
Listener: Tripurāntaka (Śiva)
Scene: Indra (Śakra), humbled and penitent, stands at a tīrtha after bathing, hands folded, praying to Tripurāntaka (Śiva) for removal of the sin of betraying his mother; the setting suggests a sacred ford with calm waters and ritual purity.
FAQs
Repentance joined with tīrtha-snānā and Śiva-pūjā is extolled as a dhārmic means for purification—for Indra and for all pilgrims.
The place “here” (atra) associated with Śiva as Tripurāntaka and the Sahasrākṣeśa liṅga, where bathing and worship remove sin.
Bathe at the tīrtha (snāna), then worship Śiva with faith (śraddhā), true devotion (sadbhakti), and mental concentration (samādhāna).