Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70
किं मया कृतमित्युक्त्वा तत्समीपमुपागमत् । अपतद्विलुठन्भूमौ दण्डवच्चाश्रुसंप्लुतः
kiṃ mayā kṛtamityuktvā tatsamīpamupāgamat | apatadviluṭhanbhūmau daṇḍavaccāśrusaṃplutaḥ
“ਮੈਂ ਕੀ ਕਰ ਬੈਠਾ?” ਇਹ ਕਹਿ ਕੇ ਉਹ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਨੇੜੇ ਗਿਆ। ਧਰਤੀ ਉੱਤੇ ਲੁੜਕਦਾ ਹੋਇਆ ਡੰਡੇ ਵਾਂਗ ਦੰਡਵਤ ਪ੍ਰਣਾਮ ਕਰ ਪਿਆ, ਅੱਖਾਂ ਦੇ ਹੰਝੂਆਂ ਨਾਲ ਭਿੱਜਿਆ ਹੋਇਆ।
Prahlāda (narrator)
Tirtha: Dvārakā
Type: kshetra
Scene: Durvāsā cries out in self-reproach, then collapses and rolls on the earth, performing full prostration; tears soak his face and beard; onlookers witness the reversal of his famed fierceness.
FAQs
Atonement begins with self-inquiry and surrender—expressed through prostration and heartfelt remorse.
Dvārakā is the Māhātmya context, where devotion and surrender to the Lord bear immediate spiritual fruit.
The act shown is daṇḍavat-praṇāma (full prostration) as a devotional response; no formal tīrtha-vidhi is stated.