Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 4
इला तु कथ्यते भूमिः सुपर्णेन प्रतिष्ठिता । ततः सुपर्णेलेत्येव नाम्ना पातकनाशिनी
ilā tu kathyate bhūmiḥ suparṇena pratiṣṭhitā | tataḥ suparṇeletyeva nāmnā pātakanāśinī
زمین کو ‘اِلا’ کہا جاتا ہے، اور اسے سُپرن نے قائم کیا۔ اسی لیے وہ ‘سُپرنیلا’ کے نام سے—گناہوں کو مٹانے والی—جانی جاتی ہے۔
Īśvara (Śiva)
Tirtha: Suparṇelā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī
Scene: A luminous patch of earth identified as Ilā, sanctified by Suparṇa; pilgrims bow at a Bhairavī shrine while a subtle Garuḍa emblem appears above, signifying pāpaharaṇa.
FAQs
A tīrtha is revered as a living purifier—its sanctity is expressed as pātaka-nāśana (removal of moral and ritual impurity).
Suparṇelā, explicitly praised as ‘pātakanāśinī’ (sin-destroying).
None directly; it states the tīrtha’s inherent fruit (phala): destruction of sins.