Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 45
त्यज तात मम स्नेहं मा विघ्नं मे समाचर । प्रायश्चित्तं करिष्यामि निश्चयोऽयं मया कृतः
tyaja tāta mama snehaṃ mā vighnaṃ me samācara | prāyaścittaṃ kariṣyāmi niścayo'yaṃ mayā kṛtaḥ
Le fils dit : «Père, mets de côté ton affection pour moi ; ne m’oppose pas d’obstacle. J’accomplirai le prāyaścitta ; telle est la résolution que j’ai prise.»
Parāvasu (the son)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A son, calm yet firm, addresses his father with folded hands, asking him not to obstruct his expiatory act; the atmosphere is tense with restrained grief.
FAQs
Atonement requires firm resolve; dharma is upheld through personal commitment even when emotionally difficult.
No specific tīrtha is mentioned in this shloka.
The son explicitly commits to performing the prāyaścitta previously described (as the means of purification).