Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 91
दुर्वासा उवाच । एक एव ह्युपायोऽस्ति तव पातकनाशने । तं चेत्करोषि मे वाक्याद्विशुद्धः संभविष्यसि
durvāsā uvāca | eka eva hyupāyo'sti tava pātakanāśane | taṃ cetkaroṣi me vākyādviśuddhaḥ saṃbhaviṣyasi
दुर्वासा उवाच—एक एव ह्युपायोऽस्ति तव पातकनाशने। मम वाक्यानुसारं चेत्करोषि, विशुद्धो भविष्यसि॥
Durvāsā
Scene: Durvāsā, stern yet compassionate, declares a single remedy for sin; the petitioner listens intently, hands folded, the atmosphere charged with moral certainty.
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Purification comes through a clear, dharmic remedy carried out with obedience and sincerity.
No tīrtha is specified in this verse.
A single, definitive upāya (remedy) is promised; its details follow in subsequent verses.
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