Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 127
प्रदास्यसि ततो भक्त्या हेमजामात्मनस्तनुम् । विधिना मंत्रयुक्तेन तव पापं प्रयास्यति । यद्यत्पूर्वकृतं कृत्स्नं प्रदाय ब्राह्मणाय भोः
pradāsyasi tato bhaktyā hemajāmātmanastanum | vidhinā maṃtrayuktena tava pāpaṃ prayāsyati | yadyatpūrvakṛtaṃ kṛtsnaṃ pradāya brāhmaṇāya bhoḥ
मग तू भक्तीने आपल्या देहाची सुवर्णमयी प्रतिमा दान करशील। मंत्रयुक्त विधीने केल्यास तुझे पाप निघून जाईल। पूर्वी केलेले जे काही सर्व अपराध आहेत, हे भोः, ते ब्राह्मणाला देऊन (मुक्त हो).
Brahmā (addressing Śakra/Indra)
Tirtha: Gartā-tīrtha (contextual)
Type: kund
Listener: Indra (addressed as ‘bhoḥ’)
Scene: Indra prepares a golden effigy/replica of his own body for donation, while priests recite mantras; the act symbolizes surrender of ego and karmic burden.
FAQs
Sin is not merely regretted; it is ritually resolved through devotion, mantra, and dharmic giving directed to worthy recipients.
This instruction occurs within the Gartā-tīrtha narrative stream of Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya.
Donation of a golden effigy of one’s body, performed with proper rite and mantras, and offered to a brāhmaṇa.
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