Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
तेन तस्माद्विनिर्मुक्तः पातकात्पूर्वसंचितात् । नरतीर्थं ततः ख्यातं तत्र पापभयापहम्
tena tasmādvinirmuktaḥ pātakātpūrvasaṃcitāt | naratīrthaṃ tataḥ khyātaṃ tatra pāpabhayāpaham
तेन प्रायश्चित्तेन सः पूर्वसञ्चितात् पातकात् विनिर्मुक्तः। अतः तत् ‘नरतीर्थम्’ इति ख्यातं, यत्र पापभयम् अपह्रियते।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Naratīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A sacred ford known as Naratīrtha where a pilgrim (echoing Arjuna) emerges purified; the atmosphere is calm, with symbolic ‘fear’ dissolving—dark clouds parting into clear light.
FAQs
Atonement performed with sincerity at a sanctified site is said to dissolve past sin and the anxiety it produces.
Naratīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
The verse implies prāyaścitta leading to release from pātaka; no specific rite details are enumerated here.