Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
प्रमादान्मदिरापानदोषेणोपहतात्मनाम् । तद्व्यपोहाय कपिला द्विजानां वहते नदी
pramādānmadirāpānadoṣeṇopahatātmanām | tadvyapohāya kapilā dvijānāṃ vahate nadī
അശ്രദ്ധ മൂലം മദ്യപാനദോഷത്താൽ ആത്മാവ് ക്ഷതപ്പെട്ട ദ്വിജന്മാരുടെ ആ മലിനത നീക്കുവാൻ കപിലാ നദി ഒഴുകുന്നു।
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Kapilā (Prabhāsa region)
Type: river
Scene: A remorseful dvija stands at Kapilā’s bank, offering water with folded hands; the river appears as a gentle goddess carrying away a dark stain labeled ‘madirā-doṣa’.
FAQs
Even serious lapses born of carelessness are not beyond correction when one turns to dharmic remedies and sacred tīrthas with repentance.
The Kapilā river-tīrtha within the sacred geography of Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Tīrtha-sevā as prāyaścitta—approaching the river (implying bathing/ritual use) to remove the fault of liquor-drinking.