एतदेव हि ते ब्रह्मन्प्रायश्चित्तं प्रकीर्तितम् । जनहास्यकरं लोके तव गर्हाकरं परम्
etadeva hi te brahmanprāyaścittaṃ prakīrtitam | janahāsyakaraṃ loke tava garhākaraṃ param
Isto mesmo, ó Brâmane, é declarado como o teu prāyaścitta (expiação): faz de ti motivo de riso público no mundo e atrai sobre ti o mais alto opróbrio.
Unspecified (contextual narrator/authority voice within Nāgarakhaṇḍa Tīrthamāhātmya)
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇa (addressed as 'brahman')
Scene: A solemn ritual arena with a consecrated altar; a Brahmin stands chastened as a speaker pronounces expiation that will bring public ridicule and severe reproach.
True expiation may demand humility and endurance of blame; purification is not always socially comfortable.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it continues the māhātmya’s moral-ritual framework.
The verse identifies a particular prāyaścitta (expiation) characterized by public ridicule, without detailing a separate rite.