Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35
न तेऽपराद्धं यदि तेऽपराद्धमस्माभिरुन्मार्गविवर्तिनीभिः । तत्क्षम्यतां सृष्टिकृतस्तवैव देवापराधः सृजतो विवेकम्
na te'parāddhaṃ yadi te'parāddhamasmābhirunmārgavivartinībhiḥ | tatkṣamyatāṃ sṛṣṭikṛtastavaiva devāparādhaḥ sṛjato vivekam
إن كانت لا تمسّك إساءةٌ حقًّا، ومع ذلك إن كنا نحن المنحرفين إلى السبل المعوجّة قد أسأنا إليك، فلتُغفَر. يا خالقَ العالم، حتى هذه «الإساءة» متعلّقة بالتمييز الذي تمنحه في الخلق.
Devotees/Sages (collective kṣamāprārthanā within Revā Khaṇḍa narrative)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha-circuit (contextual)
Type: river
Scene: Devotees confess having wandered onto a wrong road; the Lord as creator-sustainer extends a gesture of forgiveness while a symbolic lamp of viveka is lit in their hands.
FAQs
Atonement is paired with responsibility: the devotee admits wrongdoing, seeks pardon, and prays for right discernment (viveka).
The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha milieu underlies the prayer, where purification and moral correction are central themes.
No specific rite is prescribed; the focus is inner correction—confession, forgiveness-seeking, and cultivation of viveka.