Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 48
अहं तपसिनिष्ठश्च ततः प्रभृति चाभवम् । ब्रह्महत्यादिभिः पापैर्मुच्यते शिवपूजनात्
ahaṃ tapasiniṣṭhaśca tataḥ prabhṛti cābhavam | brahmahatyādibhiḥ pāpairmucyate śivapūjanāt
Từ đó về sau, tôi kiên cố an trú trong khổ hạnh (tapas). Nhờ thờ phụng Śiva, người ta được giải thoát khỏi cả những tội như brahmahatyā (tội sát hại Bà-la-môn) và các tội khác.
Narrator/devotee
Listener: King/interlocutor in frame narrative
Scene: An ascetic begins a life of steady tapas: seated in meditation before a Śiva-liṅga, offering flowers and water; shadowy forms labeled ‘brahmahatyā’ dissolve into light.
FAQs
Śiva-bhakti and Śiva-pūjā are portrayed as supremely purifying, capable of dissolving even grave karmic burdens.
No specific site is named; the verse praises the universal efficacy of Śiva worship.
Śiva-pūjā (worship of Śiva) is stated as the means of release from sins.