Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 60
निवृत्ते भारते युद्धे तत्र तीर्थे किरीटिना । प्रायश्चित्तं पुरा चीर्णं विष्णुना प्रेरिता त्मना
nivṛtte bhārate yuddhe tatra tīrthe kirīṭinā | prāyaścittaṃ purā cīrṇaṃ viṣṇunā preritā tmanā
ഭാരതയുദ്ധം അവസാനിച്ചതിന് ശേഷം, ആ തീർത്ഥത്തിൽ കിരീടധാരി (അർജുനൻ) വിഷ്ണുവിന്റെ അന്തഃപ്രേരണയാൽ ഒരിക്കൽ പ്രായശ്ചിത്തം അനുഷ്ഠിച്ചു।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Naratīrtha (contextual locus of Arjuna’s prāyaścitta)
Type: ghat
Scene: Arjuna, the diademed hero, stands at a sacred ford after the war, subdued and reflective, performing expiatory rites; Viṣṇu’s presence is suggested as an inner light or subtle form guiding him.
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Even great heroes seek purification after violence; sacred places support repentance and restoration of dharma.
A tīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra where Arjuna performed prāyaścitta (contextually linked with the nearby named tīrthas in this adhyāya).
Prāyaścitta—acts of expiation/atonement—performed at the tīrtha.