Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 16
तस्मात्तद्भुज्यतां पापं जातं वैष्णवनिंदनात् । तत्रत्यानां प्रभुर्नैव यम ईष्टे महेश्वरः
tasmāttadbhujyatāṃ pāpaṃ jātaṃ vaiṣṇavaniṃdanāt | tatratyānāṃ prabhurnaiva yama īṣṭe maheśvaraḥ
فلذلك لِيُحتَمَلْ ذلك الإثمُ المولودُ من سبِّ الڤايشناڤا حتى يُستنفَد. فأهلُ ذلك المقام ليس يَما سيّدَهم؛ بل المعبودُ المُعظَّمُ عندهم هو ماهيشڤارا، صاحبُ السلطان الأعلى.
Jayanta (contextual continuation)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas / pilgrims
Scene: A symbolic tableau: Yama stands at a distance with lowered authority, while Maheśvara is honored as the presiding power over the kṣetra; a penitent devotee bears the weight of sin dissolving like smoke, indicating ‘bhujyata’ and kṣaya.
FAQs
Sin must be borne and exhausted; in holy realms, divine guardianship is emphasized over ordinary punitive destiny.
Dwārakā (context), portrayed as a sacred domain with special spiritual governance.
A general principle of expiation: to “undergo” and thereby exhaust the fruit of aparādha; no specific rite is detailed.