Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 84
अपि कृत्वा महापापं नारी वा पुरुषोऽथवा । यत्र स्नात्वा प्रसादान्मे विपाप्मा संभविष्यति
api kṛtvā mahāpāpaṃ nārī vā puruṣo'thavā | yatra snātvā prasādānme vipāpmā saṃbhaviṣyati
خواہ عورت ہو یا مرد، اگر کسی نے بڑا گناہ بھی کیا ہو، تو اس مقام پر اشنان کرنے سے میرے پرساد کے سبب وہ بےگناہ، پاک ہو جائے گا۔
Śrī Devī
Type: ghat
Listener: Viṣakanyā (and the general pilgrim community)
Scene: A diverse group of pilgrims—men and women—bathe in the sacred waters; the water is depicted as luminous, symbolically washing away dark stains; Devī’s protective presence is shown above or within a shrine nearby.
FAQs
Repentance and turning to a sanctified tīrtha with faith opens the door to purification through Divine grace.
The chapter’s bathing tīrtha is praised as pāpa-hara (sin-removing) due to Devī’s abiding presence and favor.
Snāna (bathing) at this tīrtha as a means of purification from sin.