Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70
किं मया कृतमित्युक्त्वा तत्समीपमुपागमत् । अपतद्विलुठन्भूमौ दण्डवच्चाश्रुसंप्लुतः
kiṃ mayā kṛtamityuktvā tatsamīpamupāgamat | apatadviluṭhanbhūmau daṇḍavaccāśrusaṃplutaḥ
“ഞാൻ എന്താണ് ചെയ്തതു?” എന്നു പറഞ്ഞു അവൻ അവരുടെ സമീപത്തേക്ക് ചെന്നു. നിലത്തു വീണു ഉരുളി, ദണ്ഡവത് പ്രണാമം ചെയ്ത് കണ്ണീരിൽ നനഞ്ഞു.
Prahlāda (narrator)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Durvāsā cries out in self-reproach, then collapses and rolls on the earth, performing full prostration; tears soak his face and beard; onlookers witness the reversal of his famed fierceness.
FAQs
Atonement begins with self-inquiry and surrender—expressed through prostration and heartfelt remorse.
Dvārakā is the Māhātmya context, where devotion and surrender to the Lord bear immediate spiritual fruit.
The act shown is daṇḍavat-praṇāma (full prostration) as a devotional response; no formal tīrtha-vidhi is stated.