Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
सार्धमन्येऽपि ये लोका अपि पापसमन्विताः । तेषां वर्षकृतं पापं त्वत्प्रसादात्प्रणश्यतु
sārdhamanye'pi ye lokā api pāpasamanvitāḥ | teṣāṃ varṣakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tvatprasādātpraṇaśyatu
Und auch die anderen Menschen, selbst wenn sie von Sünde beladen sind—möge durch Deine Gnade die im Laufe eines Jahres begangene Sünde bei ihnen vergehen.
Indra (implied, petitioning Brahmā/Divine authority)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Ṛṣis (contextual)
Scene: A devotee prays at the water’s edge on behalf of other sin-laden people; the tīrtha’s deity or guardian presence is implied, with light descending as ‘prasāda’ washing away dark stains symbolizing yearly sins.
FAQs
Divine prasāda, accessed through tīrtha-oriented dharma, is portrayed as capable of dissolving accumulated sin.
The tīrtha/kuṇḍa under discussion in Adhyāya 190, presented as a place where even heavy impurity is alleviated.
An implied tīrtha-observance linked to obtaining ‘prasāda’ that removes varṣa-kṛta pāpa (sins of a year).