Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
मनस्तापाद्व्रजेत्पापं मानसं वाचिकं च यत् । तस्य प्रसादनेनैव यस्योपरि विजल्पितम्
manastāpādvrajetpāpaṃ mānasaṃ vācikaṃ ca yat | tasya prasādanenaiva yasyopari vijalpitam
Sünde des Geistes und des Wortes weicht durch die Glut der Reue im Herzen; und sie wird gerade dadurch getilgt, dass man den besänftigt, gegen den man unziemlich gesprochen hat.
Kāma (Kāmadeva)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A teacher explains that mental and verbal sins depart through heartfelt remorse and by appeasing the person maligned; the scene centers on apology and the restoration of harmony.
FAQs
Mental and verbal faults are purified by sincere remorse and by reconciling with the one harmed by one’s speech.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this verse; it presents a general dharmic principle within a Tīrthamāhātmya chapter.
Prasādana—seeking the goodwill/forgiveness of the offended person—is presented as the remedy for verbal and mental wrongdoing.