Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 23
परावसुरुवाच । न वयस्या नर्मकालो विषमे मम संस्थिते । ममोपरि यदि स्नेहो वालमित्रत्वसंभवः । तदानीय द्विजानन्यान्वदध्वं निष्कृतिं मम
parāvasuruvāca | na vayasyā narmakālo viṣame mama saṃsthite | mamopari yadi sneho vālamitratvasaṃbhavaḥ | tadānīya dvijānanyānvadadhvaṃ niṣkṛtiṃ mama
Parāvasu sprach: „Freunde, dies ist keine Zeit für Scherz, denn ich befinde mich in schwerer Bedrängnis. Wenn ihr wahrhaft Zuneigung zu mir hegt, geboren aus unserer Freundschaft seit Kindertagen, dann bringt andere Brāhmaṇas herbei und sagt mir das rechte Prāyaścitta, das Mittel der Sühne, zu meiner Erlösung.“
Parāvasu
Type: kshetra
Scene: Parāvasu, composed but distressed, addresses his friends firmly, rejecting jokes and requesting they bring learned brāhmaṇas to prescribe proper expiation.
FAQs
When confronted with wrongdoing, one should abandon frivolity and seek correct guidance from qualified, dharmic authorities.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it emphasizes proper counsel (dvija guidance) within the māhātmya narrative.
The request is for niṣkṛti/prāyaścitta to be determined by learned brāhmaṇas; the specific rite is not stated here.