Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
नीलीरक्तं यदा वस्त्रं विप्रस्त्वंगेषु धारयेत् । अहोरात्रोषितो भूत्वा पञ्चगव्येन शुद्ध्यति
nīlīraktaṃ yadā vastraṃ viprastvaṃgeṣu dhārayet | ahorātroṣito bhūtvā pañcagavyena śuddhyati
ബ്രാഹ്മണൻ ശരീരത്തിൽ നീല-ചുവപ്പ് വസ്ത്രം ധരിച്ചാൽ, ഒരു പകലും ഒരു രാത്രിയും ഉപവാസം/നിയമം പാലിച്ച് പഞ്ചഗവ്യത്താൽ ശുദ്ധനാകുന്നു.
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa māhātmya narration style)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A brāhmaṇa, having erred in attire, sits in restraint through day and night; at dawn he receives pañcagavya from an elder, then approaches the tīrtha with renewed purity.
FAQs
When a rule is broken, Purāṇic dharma provides a remedial path—atonement and purification—so the practitioner can return to right conduct.
The broader context remains Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, where such purity rules govern observances performed in/for Prabhāsa.
Ahorātra abstinence followed by pañcagavya purification for a vipra who wore blue-red cloth.