Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 2
तस्य पापक्षयकरं पुण्यं ब्रूहि द्विजोत्तम । येन मुक्तिर्भवेत्सद्यो यदि तुष्टोऽसि मे प्रभो
tasya pāpakṣayakaraṃ puṇyaṃ brūhi dvijottama | yena muktirbhavetsadyo yadi tuṣṭo'si me prabho
हे द्विजोत्तम! त्याचे पाप क्षय करणारा पुण्योपाय मला सांगा, ज्यायोगे तत्क्षणी मोक्ष प्राप्त होईल—जर आपण माझ्यावर प्रसन्न असाल, हे प्रभो।
Ānarta
Scene: A supplicant devotee with folded hands addresses a venerable brāhmaṇa-sage in a tīrtha setting, asking for a sin-destroying method that grants swift liberation.
FAQs
Purāṇic spirituality seeks not only moral repair (pāpa-kṣaya) but also the highest goal—liberation—through prescribed puṇya and right guidance.
No single tīrtha is named in this verse; it functions as the opening inquiry that typically leads to a kṣetra/tīrtha-based answer in the following verses.
A request is made for the puṇya/practice that destroys sin and yields mokṣa; the prescription itself is expected in subsequent verses.