Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4
श्रीसूत उवाच । मुनयः श्रूयतां तस्य दुराचारस्य पातकम् । स्नानेन धनुषः कोटौ यथा मुक्तश्च पातकात्
śrīsūta uvāca | munayaḥ śrūyatāṃ tasya durācārasya pātakam | snānena dhanuṣaḥ koṭau yathā muktaśca pātakāt
Śrī Sūta berkata: Wahai para muni, dengarkanlah dosa si Durācāra itu; dan bagaimana ia dibebaskan dari pelanggaran itu melalui mandi suci di Dhanuṣkoṭi.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa/Śrī Sūta)
Tirtha: Dhanuṣkoṭi
Type: kshetra
Listener: Muni-gaṇa (sages)
Scene: Sūta raises his hand in assurance—‘śrūyatām’—as sages settle into attentive silence; the fire glows steadily; the scene foreshadows a forthcoming moral tale with Dhanuṣkoṭi’s sea-bath as the turning point.
FAQs
Even heavy moral fall can be transformed through contact with a sanctified tīrtha when joined with the purifying rite of snāna.
Dhanuṣkoṭi, presented as a purifier from pātaka (sin).
Snāna at Dhanuṣkoṭi as the means of release from sin.
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