Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 81
विश्वा मित्र उवाच । शृणु राजन्प्रवक्ष्यामि प्रायश्चित्तं तु यच्चरेत् । आश्वासनेन शुद्ध्यर्थं कुतांबूलस्य भक्षणात्
viśvā mitra uvāca | śṛṇu rājanpravakṣyāmi prāyaścittaṃ tu yaccaret | āśvāsanena śuddhyarthaṃ kutāṃbūlasya bhakṣaṇāt
বিশ্বামিত্র বললেন—হে রাজন, শোন; যে প্রায়শ্চিত্ত পালনীয়, তা আমি বলছি। কুতাম্বূল-ভক্ষণের পর শুদ্ধির জন্য ‘আশ্বাসন’ নামক বিধি পালন করা উচিত।
Viśvāmitra
Listener: King
Scene: Viśvāmitra, austere and radiant, begins instruction: right hand raised in teaching mudrā; the king listens intently. A small ritual setup suggests ‘āśvāsana’: kusa grass, water pot, lamp, and a calm seated posture indicating pacification.
FAQs
When impurity arises from error, dharma provides structured expiation—restoring purity through prescribed pacificatory acts.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it is a prāyaścitta instruction embedded in a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
Performance of a prāyaścitta involving ‘āśvāsana’ for purification after consuming kutāmbūla.
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