Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 48
तस्मात्सर्वं तवाख्यानं कथयामि महामुने । येन मे गर्हितं भोज्यं विभवश्च तथेदृशः
tasmātsarvaṃ tavākhyānaṃ kathayāmi mahāmune | yena me garhitaṃ bhojyaṃ vibhavaśca tathedṛśaḥ
तस्मात्, महामुने, तव समक्षं सर्वमाख्यानं कथयामि; येन मम भोज्यं गर्हितं जातं तथा च मेऽयं अद्भुतो विभवः कथं समभवत्।
Vaimānika
Listener: Mahāmuni (a great sage)
Scene: An aged, chastened former king sits before a great sage in an āśrama, hands folded, beginning a full confession; behind him, faint motifs of royal insignia now set aside.
FAQs
Admitting fault and explaining causes before a sage is part of purification; dharma is clarified through truthful narration and accountability.
The scene remains within a tīrtha setting near sacred waters; the verse prepares the tīrtha-linked backstory rather than naming the site.
No formal ritual; it implies confession/truthful disclosure before a sage as a dharmic corrective.