Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 14
ब्राह्मणा ऊचुः । अज्ञानाज्ज्ञानतो वापि सुरां चेद्ब्राह्मणः पिबेत् । अग्निवर्णं घृतं पीत्वा तावन्मात्रंविशु ध्यति
brāhmaṇā ūcuḥ | ajñānājjñānato vāpi surāṃ cedbrāhmaṇaḥ pibet | agnivarṇaṃ ghṛtaṃ pītvā tāvanmātraṃviśu dhyati
Les brāhmaṇas dirent : «Que ce soit par ignorance ou en connaissance de cause, si un brāhmaṇa boit de la liqueur, alors, en buvant du ghee (ghṛta) chauffé jusqu’à la couleur du feu—à cette seule mesure—il est purifié.»
Brāhmaṇas (council of learned brāhmaṇas)
Scene: A council of brāhmaṇas pronounces an expiation: a brāhmaṇa who drank surā is to drink a measured quantity of ghee heated until it glows like fire; the atmosphere is austere, juridical, and purificatory.
FAQs
Dharma provides a path of restoration: even serious faults are met with defined expiation aimed at purification and moral reintegration.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it presents a dharmaśāstra-style expiation within the Tīrthamāhātmya narrative.
A prāyaścitta is prescribed: drinking ghee heated until it is “fire-colored” (agnivarṇaṃ ghṛtam), in the stated measure (“tāvanmātram”).