Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 39
स्मृत्युक्तं ते करिष्यामि प्रायश्चित्तं यथाविधि । उक्तमस्त्येव मनुना प्रायश्चित्तादिकं क्रमात्
smṛtyuktaṃ te kariṣyāmi prāyaścittaṃ yathāvidhi | uktamastyeva manunā prāyaścittādikaṃ kramāt
মই স্মৃতিত উপদেশিত প্ৰায়শ্চিত্ত বিধি অনুসাৰে যথাযথভাৱে পালন কৰিম। মনুৱে সঁচাকৈয়ে ক্ৰম অনুসৰি প্ৰায়শ্চিত্ত আদি বিধান স্থাপন কৰিছে।
Balarāma
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A penitent pilgrim in Prabhāsa resolves before elders to perform Smṛti-prescribed expiation; palm-leaf manuscripts of Manu-smṛti are present; the sea-breeze and distant temple spire suggest the sacred field’s authority.
FAQs
Dharma provides structured restoration: confession leads to prescribed expiation, re-establishing purity and right order.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, presented as a sacred context where repentance and dharmaśāstric prāyaścitta are undertaken.
Prāyaścitta performed ‘yathāvidhi’ (according to rule), as taught by Smṛti and systematized by Manu.