Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 11
तस्माच्चिन्तयत क्षिप्रमस्य शुद्धिप्रदं हि यत् । तच्च प्रमाणतां नीत्वा शुद्धिरस्य प्रदीयते
tasmāccintayata kṣipramasya śuddhipradaṃ hi yat | tacca pramāṇatāṃ nītvā śuddhirasya pradīyate
ஆகையால் விரைவாக சிந்தியுங்கள்—இவருக்கு உண்மையில் சுத்தி அளிப்பது எது என்று; அதை பிரமாணமாக நிறுவி இவருக்கு சுத்தி வழங்கப்படுக।
Unnamed Nāgara dvija(s) (collective resolution)
Scene: A senior dvija rises, commanding attention, instructing the group to quickly determine a purification method and establish its authority; the supplicant looks hopeful; a manuscript is about to be produced.
FAQs
Compassion must be joined with correctness: purification is granted only after confirming a legitimate dharmic basis.
The tīrtha setting remains the backdrop; the verse focuses on the process of authorizing a remedy rather than naming the site.
A procedural prescription: identify a śuddhi-giving practice and validate it as pramāṇa before applying it.