Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 88
भक्षयिष्यसि यच्चान्यत्कदाचिन्मे प्रसादनात् । तस्य दोषो न ते भावी मम वाक्यादसंशयम्
bhakṣayiṣyasi yaccānyatkadācinme prasādanāt | tasya doṣo na te bhāvī mama vākyādasaṃśayam
भक्षयिष्यसि यच्चान्यत्कदाचिन्मे प्रसादनात् । तस्य दोषो न ते भावी मम वाक्यादसंशयम् ॥
Brāhmaṇa (assuring the yajamāna within the mantra/rite)
Listener: nṛpa / rājendra
Scene: A deity’s or guru’s assuring gesture (abhaya-mudrā) toward a devotee/king, indicating that what is taken as prasāda bears no fault; a ritual tray suggests sanctified consumption.
FAQs
When dharma is followed and the rite is properly completed, the burden of doṣa is lifted through sanctioned purification.
The verse is not site-specific; it is a ritual assurance within the chapter’s māhātmya context.
The brāhmaṇa’s acceptance and spoken assurance forms part of the prāyaścitta structure, removing the perceived fault for the patron.
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