Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 58
प्रविश्य सर्वविप्राणां शुद्धिं दास्याम्य संशयम् । अहमत्र च पानं च यच्चान्यदपि किंचन । प्राशयिष्यामि संप्राप्य शुद्धिं चैव हुताशनात्
praviśya sarvaviprāṇāṃ śuddhiṃ dāsyāmya saṃśayam | ahamatra ca pānaṃ ca yaccānyadapi kiṃcana | prāśayiṣyāmi saṃprāpya śuddhiṃ caiva hutāśanāt
«En entrant dans le lieu du rite, j’accorderai sans aucun doute la purification à tous les brāhmanes. Et ici j’offrirai à boire et tout ce qu’il y aura d’autre ; après avoir reçu la pureté du Feu sacré, Agni, je les nourrirai également.»
Bhaṭṭikā (continued context)
Scene: A ritual precinct: a devotee vows to purify brāhmaṇas, offering drink and provisions; Agni burns in a prepared altar, with vessels of water and food arranged for feeding.
FAQs
Expiation is completed through both inner purification (via sacred fire) and outward dharma (hospitality and feeding brāhmaṇas).
The broader chapter is a tīrtha-māhātmya, but the specific tīrtha is not named within this verse.
Agni-based purification (hutāśana-śuddhi) followed by brāhmaṇa hospitality: offering drink and feeding (bhojana).