Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 60
आत्मनानुष्ठितेनापि व्रतेन न हि दुष्कृतिः । परावसोस्तव भ्रातुरतो नैवास्ति निष्कृतिः
ātmanānuṣṭhitenāpi vratena na hi duṣkṛtiḥ | parāvasostava bhrāturato naivāsti niṣkṛtiḥ
സ്വയം വ്രതം അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചാലും ആ ദുഷ്കൃത്യം നീങ്ങുകയില്ല; അതിനാൽ നിന്റെ സഹോദരൻ പരാവസുവിന് സാധാരണ മാർഗ്ഗങ്ങളിൽ നിഷ്കൃതി ഇല്ല।
Tridaśāḥ (the gods)
Tirtha: Setukṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The devas, with compassionate firmness, state that even a personally performed vow cannot undo the deed; Arvāvasu appears shaken, hands still folded, eyes moist.
FAQs
Not all wrongdoing is neutralized by personal vows; Purāṇic narratives often direct seekers toward higher grace through tīrtha and divine ordinance.
The Setu-region tīrthas are the implied remedy; the named tīrtha appears shortly after.
Vrata (vow-observance) is referenced but declared ineffective for this particular grave fault.
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