Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 30
अपि पाप समाचारः कौलो वा निर्घृणोऽपि वा । ब्रह्मघ्नो वा सुरापो वा चौरो वा भ्रूणहाऽपि वा
api pāpa samācāraḥ kaulo vā nirghṛṇo'pi vā | brahmaghno vā surāpo vā cauro vā bhrūṇahā'pi vā
اگرچہ کوئی گناہ گار روش والا ہو—خواہ کَولا ہو یا بے رحم ہی کیوں نہ ہو—خواہ برہمن کا قاتل ہو، شراب نوش ہو، چور ہو، یا جنین کو ہلاک کرنے والا ہی کیوں نہ ہو—
Narrator (Purāṇic voice; contextually Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition in Māhātmya narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A group of penitents—some fierce-looking, some ashamed—stand at the edge of a Śiva temple precinct; the text’s catalog of sins is visualized as burdens falling away as they turn toward the shrine.
FAQs
The Māhātmya underscores the extraordinary purifying power of the kṣetra—its grace can reach even those burdened with severe wrongdoing.
A Śiva-connected tīrtha in the Nāgara Khaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse itself does not name it.
This verse lists categories of sinners; the implied prescription (given in adjacent verses) is worship/darśana at the kṣetra.