Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 13
पठिता सप्तमी या च पुरश्चरणसंज्ञिता । पुरश्चरणतः पापं विहितं तु यथा व्रजेत्
paṭhitā saptamī yā ca puraścaraṇasaṃjñitā | puraścaraṇataḥ pāpaṃ vihitaṃ tu yathā vrajet
‘పురశ్చరణ’ అని పిలువబడే ఆ సప్తమీ జపపూర్వకంగా పఠించబడుతుంది; ఆ పురశ్చరణ వల్ల శాస్త్రవిధి ప్రకారం చెప్పినట్లే పాపం తొలగిపోతుంది।
Caṇḍaśarman (continuing)
Scene: Night-to-dawn Saptamī observance: a practitioner seated on kuśa grass, reciting from palm leaves, with a small altar, lamp, and offerings; a symbolic dark cloud (pāpa) disperses as light rises.
FAQs
Purāṇic dharma teaches that specific vrata-days, when performed as prescribed, function as powerful instruments of purification.
The verse highlights a vrata (Puraścaraṇa Saptamī) rather than naming a site; it operates within the tīrtha-oriented frame of the chapter.
Observance/recitation of the ‘Puraścaraṇa’ Saptamī is presented as a means by which sin departs according to prescription.