इति तेन समादिष्टो गौतमः करुणानिधिः । समादिदेश घोराणामघानां साधु निष्कृतिम्
iti tena samādiṣṭo gautamaḥ karuṇānidhiḥ | samādideśa ghorāṇāmaghānāṃ sādhu niṣkṛtim
इस प्रकार उससे प्रार्थित होकर करुणा-निधि गौतम ने तब भयंकर पापों के लिए उचित प्रायश्चित्त बतलाया।
Narrator (Purāṇic voice)
Scene: Gautama, portrayed as a compassionate sage, listens and then instructs the proper expiation for dreadful sins—gesture of teaching, calm authority, compassionate gaze.
Compassionate dharma provides remedies: even grave wrongdoing can be addressed through proper expiation under righteous guidance.
No site is specified in this verse; it introduces the coming prescription.
A ‘sādhu niṣkṛti’ (proper expiation) is announced; the specific method follows in subsequent lines.