Shloka 44
कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī
इष्टवा यथावद् बलभिदरुणायामुपास्पृशत् | स मुक्तः पाप्मना तेन ब्रह्म॒वध्याकृतेन च
iṣṭvā yathāvad balabhid-aruṇāyām upāspṛśat | sa muktaḥ pāpmanā tena brahmavadhyākṛtena ca
Tendo realizado devidamente o rito prescrito, ele então tocou a água em Balabhid-Aruṇā como ato de purificação. Por essa observância foi libertado da mancha do pecado—em particular, da grave culpa incorrida pelo assassinato de um brāhmaṇa—restaurando a pureza ritual e moral após um ato transgressor.
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in the aftermath of grave wrongdoing, dharma provides structured means—properly performed rites and purification—to acknowledge transgression and seek release from its moral and ritual taint, emphasizing accountability and restoration rather than denial.
The narrator states that the person in question completes a rite correctly and then performs a purificatory water-touching at the sacred place called Aruṇā; through this observance he becomes freed from the sin, explicitly including the heavy guilt of brāhmaṇa-slaying.