Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
तस्य तद्वचनं श्रुत्वा ज्ञात्वा तं गतकल्मषम् । उत्तार्य शनकैः शूलाद्विनयावनतं स्थितम्
tasya tadvacanaṃ śrutvā jñātvā taṃ gatakalmaṣam | uttārya śanakaiḥ śūlādvinayāvanataṃ sthitam
اس کی بات سن کر اور اسے گناہ سے پاک جان کر، (پروردگار نے) نرمی سے اسے ترشول سے اتارا؛ وہ عاجزی سے جھکا ہوا وہیں کھڑا رہا۔
Narrative voice within the Māhātmya
Type: kshetra
Scene: Śiva, having heard the devotee’s plea and recognized his sinlessness, gently lifts him down from the trident; the devotee stands bowed, hands folded, overwhelmed by grace.
FAQs
When repentance is genuine and impurity is gone, divine grace actively uplifts and restores the devotee.
Not named in this shloka; the verse belongs to a wider tīrtha-glorification narrative.
None explicitly; the verse depicts divine intervention and the devotee’s vinaya (humble posture).