Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3
अस्पृष्टं कलिदोषेण तथान्यैरुपपातकैः । ब्रह्महत्यादिकैश्चैवत्रिपुरारेः प्रभावतः
aspṛṣṭaṃ kalidoṣeṇa tathānyairupapātakaiḥ | brahmahatyādikaiścaivatripurāreḥ prabhāvataḥ
یہ کلی یُگ کے داغ سے بے لمس ہے، اور دیگر ضمنی گناہوں—جیسے برہمن ہتیا وغیرہ—سے بھی آلودہ نہیں ہوتا؛ تریپوراری (شیو) کے پرتاب سے یہ تیرتھ پاک رہتا ہے۔
Sūta
Type: tirtha
Listener: kingly audience
Scene: A luminous tīrtha protected by Tripurāri: Śiva stands with trident, a halo of ash-white radiance forming a boundary that repels dark ‘Kali’ shadows and sin-forms labeled brahmahatyā; pilgrims bathe safely within the sanctified circle.
FAQs
Śiva’s presence makes a sacred place transcendent—capable of remaining pure even amid Kali-yuga and of neutralizing grave moral taints.
The chapter’s featured Nāgarakhaṇḍa tīrtha, praised as uniquely unaffected by Kali-doṣa due to Śiva (Tripurāri).
No direct rite is stated here; the verse establishes the tīrtha’s exceptional purity and sin-destroying capacity.