Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
अथ ते धर्मशास्त्राणि प्रविचार्य पुनःपुनः । तमूचुर्ब्राह्मणाः सर्वे प्रायश्चित्तकृते स्थितम्
atha te dharmaśāstrāṇi pravicārya punaḥpunaḥ | tamūcurbrāhmaṇāḥ sarve prāyaścittakṛte sthitam
তেতিয়া সেই ব্ৰাহ্মণসকলে ধৰ্মশাস্ত্ৰসমূহ পুনঃপুনঃ বিচাৰ কৰি, কৰিবলগীয়া প্ৰায়শ্চিত্তৰ বিধানসহ তাক ক’লে।
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; exact speaker not explicit in the snippet)
Scene: Elders in council lean toward manuscripts, discussing and pointing to passages; after deliberation they address the penitent with a composed, authoritative expression, indicating the expiation to be performed.
FAQs
Expiation is not arbitrary; it is grounded in śāstra and careful deliberation by the learned.
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The verse indicates that a specific prāyaścitta is determined, but does not yet state its details.
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