Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 20
ब्राह्मणानां तथान्येषां तत्र स्थाने निवासिनाम् । तत्स्पर्शदूषितानां च प्राजापत्यं पृथक्पृथक्
brāhmaṇānāṃ tathānyeṣāṃ tatra sthāne nivāsinām | tatsparśadūṣitānāṃ ca prājāpatyaṃ pṛthakpṛthak
அந்த இடத்தில் வாழும் பிராமணர்களுக்கும் பிறருக்கும், மேலும் அதனைத் தொடுதலால் மாசுற்றவர்களுக்கும், ஒவ்வொருவருக்கும் தனித்தனியாகப் பிராஜாபத்யப் பிராயச்சித்தம் விதிக்கப்பட்டது.
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Type: kshetra
Listener: pārthiva (king)
Scene: A settlement near a sacred site: brāhmaṇas and townsfolk stand in separate groups; a ritual authority assigns penances individually; some people avoid touch, indicating sparśa-doṣa awareness.
FAQs
Purification is personal: each person bears responsibility for their own contact and participation, requiring individual expiation.
The verse remains within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya setting; no named tīrtha appears in this line.
Prājāpatya prāyaścitta, assigned individually (pṛthak-pṛthak) for residents and those defiled by contact.
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