Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4
आर्द्राणामपि शुष्काणामल्पानां महतामपि । एतदेव विनिर्दिष्टं प्रायश्चितमथोत्तमम्
ārdrāṇāmapi śuṣkāṇāmalpānāṃ mahatāmapi | etadeva vinirdiṣṭaṃ prāyaścitamathottamam
नवे (आर्द्र) असोत वा जुने (शुष्क) पाप, लहान असोत वा मोठे—या सर्वांसाठी हेच एक उत्तम प्रायश्चित्त म्हणून सांगितले आहे।
Sūta (inferred)
Listener: Ṛṣis (implied)
Scene: Two streams of darkness—one fresh and dripping (‘wet’ sin), one cracked and dusty (‘dry’ sin)—are both consumed by the same bright flame of Śiva devotion, symbolizing a single supreme expiation.
FAQs
A single supreme spiritual remedy is upheld as effective for all grades and ages of wrongdoing.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse.
It identifies the chapter’s praised practice as the ‘uttama prāyaścitta’ (best atonement), applicable universally.