Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 21
स वृद्धत्वं यदा प्राप्तो जराविप्लवतां गतः । तदा स चिन्तयामास मया पापं महत्कृतम्
sa vṛddhatvaṃ yadā prāpto jarāviplavatāṃ gataḥ | tadā sa cintayāmāsa mayā pāpaṃ mahatkṛtam
Lorsqu’il parvint à la vieillesse et fut submergé par le tumulte de la sénilité, il se mit alors à méditer : «J’ai commis un grand péché.»
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narrator; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa tradition)
Type: kshetra
Scene: An aged Puṣpa, shaken by senility’s turmoil, sits in contemplation, realizing he has committed a great sin; the scene is inward, heavy, and penitential.
FAQs
Remorse is the doorway to prāyaścitta; recognizing wrongdoing is presented as the first step toward tīrtha-sevā and inner purification.
Not specified in this verse; the turn toward a named kṣetra appears in subsequent lines.
None explicitly here; it introduces the need for expiation.