Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 111
सूत उवाच । सा तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय सव्रीडं तमुवाच ह । एहि वत्स कुरुष्व त्वं प्रायश्चित्तं विशुद्धये
sūta uvāca | sā tatheti pratijñāya savrīḍaṃ tamuvāca ha | ehi vatsa kuruṣva tvaṃ prāyaścittaṃ viśuddhaye
સૂત બોલ્યા—તેણે ‘તથાસ્તુ’ કહી પ્રતિજ્ઞા કરી અને લાજ સાથે તેને કહ્યું—આવો વત્સ, સંપૂર્ણ શુદ્ધિ માટે પ્રાયશ્ચિત્ત કરો.
Sūta
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣis (Naimiṣāraṇya frame implied)
Scene: Sūta narrates as the maiden, blushing with modest shame, agrees and invites the brāhmaṇa to perform expiation; the mood shifts from threat to solemn resolution.
FAQs
Acknowledging fault and undertaking prāyaścitta is presented as the dharmic path to restore purity.
The verse occurs in a Tīrthamāhātmya section, but this line itself does not name a particular tīrtha.
Performance of prāyaścitta (expiation) is explicitly prescribed “for purification” (viśuddhaye).
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