Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 35
रोहिताश्व उवाच । सर्वेषामेव पापानां विहितानां मुनीश्वर । किंचिद्व्रतं समाचक्ष्व दानं वा होममेव वा । विपाप्मा जायते येन पुरश्चरणवर्जितम्
rohitāśva uvāca | sarveṣāmeva pāpānāṃ vihitānāṃ munīśvara | kiṃcidvrataṃ samācakṣva dānaṃ vā homameva vā | vipāpmā jāyate yena puraścaraṇavarjitam
ৰোহিতাশ্ব ক’লে: “হে মুনীশ্বৰ! সকলো লেগি থকা পাপ নাশ কৰিবলৈ মোক কিবা এটা আচৰণ কওক—ব্ৰত হওক, দান হওক বা হোম—যাৰ দ্বাৰা পূৰ্ণ পুৰশ্চৰণ নকৰিলেও মানুহ বিপাপ্মা হয়।”
Rohitāśva
Type: kshetra
Listener: Mārkaṇḍeya
Scene: King Rohitāśva respectfully questions sage Mārkaṇḍeya in a forest hermitage, asking for a simple vow/charity/fire-offering that removes sins without full puraścaraṇa.
FAQs
A sincere seeker should ask for a practicable dharmic remedy—vrata, dāna, or homa—to cleanse accumulated sin.
This verse sits within Tīrthamāhātmya, but this specific line emphasizes expiation via vrata rather than naming a particular tīrtha.
It requests instruction about a vow (vrata), charity (dāna), or fire-offering (homa) that grants purity even without full puraścaraṇa.
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