Shloka 313
कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī
तम्मिंस्तीर्थे वरे स्नात्वा विमुक्त: पाप्मना किल । राजन्! कहते हैं, इस बातको जानकर देवराज इन्द्र उसी श्रेष्ठ तीर्थमें स्नान करके ब्रह्महत्याके पापसे मुक्त हुए थे
tammiṁs tīrthe vare snātvā vimuktaḥ pāpmanā kila | rājan |
वैशम्पायन उवाच—राजन्, तस्मिंस्तीर्थे वरे स्नात्वा देवराजोऽपि शक्रः किल एतद्वृत्तं विदित्वा ब्रह्महत्यापाप्मना विमुक्तोऽभवत्।
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the gravest moral transgression is treated as leaving a real ethical stain (pāpman/brahmahatyā) that demands recognition and appropriate expiation; sacred discipline such as tīrtha-bathing is presented as a culturally sanctioned means of purification and moral restoration.
Vaiśampāyana tells the king that Indra, after coming to know a certain matter, went to that renowned tīrtha, bathed there, and thereby became free from the taint of brahmahatyā—citing a traditional report (kila) to validate the tīrtha’s purificatory power.