Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 167
साष्टांगं प्रणिपत्याथानुग्रहार्थमयाचत । भगवन्मम दीनायाः शापस्यानुग्रहं प्रभो । प्रयच्छ त्वं महा भाग नैवं कर्त्री पुनः क्वचित्
sāṣṭāṃgaṃ praṇipatyāthānugrahārthamayācata | bhagavanmama dīnāyāḥ śāpasyānugrahaṃ prabho | prayaccha tvaṃ mahā bhāga naivaṃ kartrī punaḥ kvacit
Alors, se prosternant de tout son être, les huit membres au sol, elle implora la grâce : «Ô Bhagavān, ô Seigneur, accorde ta faveur au sujet de cette malédiction qui pèse sur moi, la misérable. Ô noble, daigne l’accorder ; jamais plus je n’agirai ainsi, en aucun temps.»
Gandharva-duhitṛ (the maiden)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience within the mahātmya frame
Scene: A distressed Gandharva maiden lies fully prostrate (aṣṭāṅga) before a gaṇa-leader in a sacred coastal grove of Prabhāsa, pleading for release from a curse; the atmosphere is penitential and devotional.
FAQs
True repentance expresses itself through surrender, humility, and a vow to reform; grace (anugraha) responds to genuine contrition.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where the Māhātmya emphasizes both moral consequence and the restoring power of humility and divine favor.
Aṣṭāṅga-praṇipāta (full prostration) is explicitly described as an act of supplication; no other detailed rite is specified.