Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 35
बाल्यात्प्रभृति यत्किंचित्कृतमा जन्मतोऽशुभम् । विप्रेभ्यः कथितं सर्वं तत्सांनिध्यं स्थितेषु मे
bālyātprabhṛti yatkiṃcitkṛtamā janmato'śubham | viprebhyaḥ kathitaṃ sarvaṃ tatsāṃnidhyaṃ sthiteṣu me
Was immer Unheilvolles ich seit der Kindheit getan habe—welches Fehlverhalten auch immer seit meiner Geburt entstanden ist—das alles habe ich den Brāhmaṇas kundgetan, während sie hier in meiner Gegenwart vor mir stehen.
Ritual performer (a devotee/pilgrim speaking a formal declaration before brāhmaṇas and invoked powers)
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha (general)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A devotee speaks a solemn declaration of all inauspicious acts ‘from birth’ to assembled brāhmaṇas standing nearby, with the river and ritual items in the foreground.
FAQs
Humility and transparency before the guardians of dharma (brāhmaṇas) is presented as a gateway to purification.
The declaration belongs to Revākhaṇḍa’s tīrtha-ritual milieu associated with Revā/Narmadā.
A spoken confession/statement (self-disclosure of aśubha karma) made in the presence of brāhmaṇas.