Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 28
एवमुक्ते नरः प्राह पुनरेव जनार्द्दनम् । कथयस्व कथं पापात्कृष्ण शुद्ध्यामहे वयम्
evamukte naraḥ prāha punareva janārddanam | kathayasva kathaṃ pāpātkṛṣṇa śuddhyāmahe vayam
ഇങ്ങനെ പറഞ്ഞപ്പോൾ നരൻ വീണ്ടും ജനാർദ്ദനനോട് പറഞ്ഞു—“ഹേ കൃഷ്ണാ, പാപത്തിൽ നിന്ന് ഞങ്ങൾ എങ്ങനെ ശുദ്ധിയാകും? പറയണമേ.”
Nara (the man / petitioner)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (gateway to Prācī Sarasvatī instruction)
Type: kshetra
Listener: null
Scene: Nara (the man) again addresses Janārdana with folded hands, asking the method to be purified from sin; Kṛṣṇa listens with composed compassion.
FAQs
Humility and direct inquiry into dharma is presented as the doorway to purification.
The question prompts the revelation of Prācī Sarasvatī tīrtha as a purifier within Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
The verse asks for the method; the specific prescription follows in subsequent verses.