Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 64
सर्वेषां प्राणिनां देवि पापराशि निषूदकः । सक्रियो ब्रह्मनिरतः सच्छूद्रो योगभाग्यदि
sarveṣāṃ prāṇināṃ devi pāparāśi niṣūdakaḥ | sakriyo brahmanirataḥ sacchūdro yogabhāgyadi
اے دیوی! سب جانداروں کے لیے وہ گناہوں کے ڈھیروں کو مٹانے والا بن جاتا ہے؛ حتیٰ کہ ایک سرگرم (گھریلو) شودر بھی—اگر نیک سیرت، برہمن میں ثابت قدم اور یوگ کے بھاگ سے بہرہ مند ہو۔
Skanda (deduced from Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya narrative style)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A humble householder of low social station, serene and disciplined, stands near a sacred ford with folded hands; a radiant inner light suggests Brahman-devotion; sin-heaps dissolve like dark smoke.
FAQs
Spiritual power is grounded in conduct and devotion: even one engaged in worldly duties can destroy sin through Brahman-oriented yoga.
No site is explicitly named; the emphasis is on dharma and yoga’s purifying capacity within the Māhātmya framework.
No single rite is specified; the prescription is sustained devotion to Brahman and yogic discipline while performing one’s duties.