Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 32
अद्यप्रभृति निवृत्तः कर्मणोऽस्याहमेव च । रौद्रस्य सुनृशंसस्य साधुभिर्गर्हितस्य च । तस्मात्कथयतास्माकं निवृत्तिं चास्य कर्मणः
adyaprabhṛti nivṛttaḥ karmaṇo'syāhameva ca | raudrasya sunṛśaṃsasya sādhubhirgarhitasya ca | tasmātkathayatāsmākaṃ nivṛttiṃ cāsya karmaṇaḥ
ഇന്നുമുതൽ ഞാൻ തന്നെ ഈ കർമ്മത്തിൽ നിന്ന് വിരമിക്കുന്നു—ഇത് ക്രൂരവും അതിനിർദയവും സദ്ജനങ്ങൾ നിന്ദിച്ചതുമാണ്. അതിനാൽ ഇതിൽ നിന്ന് പൂർണ്ണമായി എങ്ങനെ മാറാമെന്ന് പറയുക.
The repentant man
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: The speaker, now resolute, gestures as if cutting off a former path; sages listen gravely; the sea and tīrtha landscape witness a vow of cessation.
FAQs
True repentance includes a firm decision to stop harmful acts and seek instruction for lasting change.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, portrayed as a place where one turns away from pāpa through sage-guidance.
Not yet; the verse requests a method for nivṛtti, which leads into later prescriptions (japa/vrata).