Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 44
एतस्य देवराजस्य क्षंतव्यं मम वाक्यतः । तत्कृतं मूढभावेन यदनेन विचेष्टितम्
etasya devarājasya kṣaṃtavyaṃ mama vākyataḥ | tatkṛtaṃ mūḍhabhāvena yadanena viceṣṭitam
என் சொல்லின்படி இந்த தேவராஜனை மன்னிக்க வேண்டும். இவன் செய்த எந்தத் தவறான செயலும் மூடத்தனமும் மயக்கமும் காரணமாகவே நிகழ்ந்தது.
Dakṣa
Listener: assembled devas/participants addressed to forgive the devarāja
Scene: A mediator (Dakṣa) requests the assembly to forgive the ‘devarāja’; the accused stands with lowered head; the group’s posture softens, signaling reconciliation.
FAQs
Forgiveness (kṣamā) is a dharmic remedy that restores cosmic and social harmony after errors born of delusion.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.
A moral prescription is given—grant forgiveness—rather than a technical ritual act.