Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 79
दुर्वासा उवाच । कृत्वा पापसहस्राणि पश्चाद्धर्मपरो भवेत् । यः पुमान्सोऽतिकृच्छ्रेण तरेत्संसारसागरम्
durvāsā uvāca | kṛtvā pāpasahasrāṇi paścāddharmaparo bhavet | yaḥ pumānso'tikṛcchreṇa taretsaṃsārasāgaram
ദുർവാസാ പറഞ്ഞു—ആയിരക്കണക്കിന് പാപങ്ങൾ ചെയ്തവനും പിന്നീടു ധർമ്മപരനായേക്കാം; എങ്കിലും അവൻ സംസാരസാഗരം അത്യന്തം കഷ്ടത്തോടെ മാത്രമേ കടക്കൂ।
Durvāsā
Listener: Unnamed petitioner (wealthy brāhmaṇa/householder figure in the episode)
Scene: Durvāsā, austere and radiant, delivers a stern yet compassionate teaching: even after thousands of sins, dharma is possible, but crossing saṃsāra is difficult.
FAQs
Late turning to dharma is possible, but heavy wrongdoing leaves deep karmic inertia, making liberation a difficult crossing without sustained prāyaścitta and right conduct.
This verse is doctrinal rather than geographical; no named tīrtha appears within the śloka.
No specific rite is named; the verse frames the need for serious remedial dharma after grave sin.