Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 13
ब्रह्महत्या सुरापानं स्तेयं गुर्वंगनागमः । इत्येषामप्यघवतामिदमेव च निष्कृतिः
brahmahatyā surāpānaṃ steyaṃ gurvaṃganāgamaḥ | ityeṣāmapyaghavatāmidameva ca niṣkṛtiḥ
ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യ, സുരാപാനം, മോഷണം, ഗുരുപത്നീഗമനം—ഇവ പാപങ്ങൾ ചെയ്തവർക്കും ഇതുതന്നെയാണു പ്രായശ്ചിത്തമെന്ന് പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു.
Lomaharṣaṇa (Sūta) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Kedāra-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A sage-like narrator enumerates the four mahāpātakas; behind him, a symbolic path leads to a Śiva-liṅga in the Himalaya, indicating the ‘one expiation’ as focused refuge.
FAQs
Even the gravest transgressions have a dharmic path of atonement—through prescribed niṣkṛti and sincere transformation.
Not specified in this verse; it states a general dharma principle within the Kedārakhaṇḍa narrative.
It points to a specific (previously mentioned or subsequently explained) single expiation (niṣkṛti) for major sins, but does not detail it in this line alone.
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