Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 53
उत्तराणि विरुद्धानि तव दत्तानि भूरिशः । मया विनाऽपराधेन वधोपायश्च चिंतितः
uttarāṇi viruddhāni tava dattāni bhūriśaḥ | mayā vinā'parādhena vadhopāyaśca ciṃtitaḥ
நான் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் உமக்கு முறையற்ற, எதிரான பதில்களை அளித்தேன். நீர் குற்றமற்றவராக இருந்தும், உமது வதத்திற்கான வழியையும் நான் எண்ணினேன்।
Lakṣmaṇa (deduced from surrounding passage)
Tirtha: Gokarṇa (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Lakṣmaṇa confesses: he repeatedly gave contrary answers and even contemplated a method for Rāma’s death; the scene is tense, with Rāma listening in solemn compassion.
FAQs
Even mental wrongdoing (harmful intent) is spiritually weighty; purification requires honest acknowledgement and reform.
This verse supports the chapter’s tīrtha-māhātmya by emphasizing inner cleansing, though it does not name a particular tīrtha in this line.
No explicit ritual appears; the focus is confession of wrongdoing as the beginning of atonement.