Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
स तथेति प्रतिज्ञाय घृतमादाय तत्क्षणात् । चक्रे वह्निसमं यावत्पानार्थं द्विजसत्तमाः
sa tatheti pratijñāya ghṛtamādāya tatkṣaṇāt | cakre vahnisamaṃ yāvatpānārthaṃ dvijasattamāḥ
அவன் ‘அப்படியே’ என்று உறுதி செய்து, உடனே நெய்யை எடுத்துக் கொண்டு, சிறந்த இருபிறப்பான் அருந்துவதற்காக அதை தீயைப் போல ஆகும்வரை காய்ச்சினான்।
Narrator (contextual, within Tīrthamāhātmya narration)
Scene: The penitent assents—‘so be it’—takes ghee, and heats it until it blazes like fire, preparing to drink. The scene centers on the glowing vessel and the intensity of resolve.
FAQs
Repentance becomes meaningful when it is followed by immediate, sincere corrective action.
The verse sits in the Tīrthamāhātmya context of Nāgarakhaṇḍa, but the verse itself focuses on the expiatory act rather than a named site.
Preparing ghee by heating it to a blazing state (‘like fire’) as part of the prescribed expiation for impurity.
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