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
“Wahai yang terbaik antara brāhmaṇa, beritahulah kepadaku amal kebajikan yang menghapuskan dosanya—dengan cara itulah mokṣa (pembebasan) dapat terbit serta-merta—jika tuan berkenan kepadaku, wahai junjungan.”
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.