Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 45
तदा स्वकीयजीवेन त्वं योजयितुमर्हसि । मृतेषु तेषु विप्रेषु न जीवे निश्चयो मृतः
tadā svakīyajīvena tvaṃ yojayitumarhasi | mṛteṣu teṣu vipreṣu na jīve niścayo mṛtaḥ
Alors tu dois les restaurer avec ta propre vie. Si ces jeunes brahmanes meurent, je suis certain que je ne continuerai pas à vivre ; je mourrai.
Baṭu (continuing speech to the guru/elder)
Tirtha: Bhārabhūteśvara tīrtha (implied in immediate narrative)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Primary interlocutor not specified in given excerpt
Scene: A distraught speaker pleads before Maheśvara: ‘restore them with your own life; if they die, I will die.’ The setting hints at a riverbank tīrtha with anxious attendants and submerged youths.
FAQs
Causing harm to the innocent creates a binding moral debt; restoration and atonement become obligatory.
The broader episode is set on the Revā (Narmadā) and leads to the establishment/glory of Bhārabhūteśvara.
No explicit rite; the verse stresses restitution (restoring life) as moral necessity.