Shloka 313
कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī
तम्मिंस्तीर्थे वरे स्नात्वा विमुक्त: पाप्मना किल । राजन्! कहते हैं, इस बातको जानकर देवराज इन्द्र उसी श्रेष्ठ तीर्थमें स्नान करके ब्रह्महत्याके पापसे मुक्त हुए थे
tammiṁs tīrthe vare snātvā vimuktaḥ pāpmanā kila | rājan |
বৈশম্পায়ন বললেন—হে রাজন, কথিত আছে, এই কথা জেনে দেবরাজ ইন্দ্র সেই শ্রেষ্ঠ তীর্থে স্নান করে ব্রহ্মহত্যার পাপকলুষ থেকে মুক্ত হয়েছিলেন।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the gravest moral transgression is treated as leaving a real ethical stain (pāpman/brahmahatyā) that demands recognition and appropriate expiation; sacred discipline such as tīrtha-bathing is presented as a culturally sanctioned means of purification and moral restoration.
Vaiśampāyana tells the king that Indra, after coming to know a certain matter, went to that renowned tīrtha, bathed there, and thereby became free from the taint of brahmahatyā—citing a traditional report (kila) to validate the tīrtha’s purificatory power.