Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 102
जले निष्ठीवितं चैव मुशलं वापि लङ्घितम् । वृषलीगमनं चैव गुरुदारनिषेवणम्
jale niṣṭhīvitaṃ caiva muśalaṃ vāpi laṅghitam | vṛṣalīgamanaṃ caiva gurudāraniṣevaṇam
Cracher dans l’eau ; enjamber un pilon ; s’unir à une femme d’un commerce interdit ; et souiller l’épouse du maître—(même ces lourdes transgressions sont comptées parmi les fautes que l’observance louée dans cette section de la Revā purifie).
Narratorial voice within Revā Khaṇḍa (exact speaker not in snippet)
Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Scene: A cautionary tableau: near the river, symbolic vignettes—someone spitting into water, a person stepping over a pestle, shadowy figures representing forbidden relations—are shown fading as a penitent performs snāna and offers dāna under priestly guidance.
FAQs
Puranic teaching emphasizes that dharma provides a path of purification even for severe moral lapses, when one sincerely undertakes the prescribed sacred remedy.
The Revā/Narmadā tīrtha sphere is the chapter’s setting; the verse belongs to Revā Khaṇḍa’s praise of purifying practices connected to that sacred geography.
The verse enumerates sinful acts; the concrete atonement/purifying act is specified in the immediate context of the chapter (not fully contained in this single verse).