Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 27
ब्रह्मघ्ने च सुरापे च चौरे भग्नव्रते तथा । निष्कृतिर्विहिता सद्भिः कृतघ्ने नास्ति निष्कृतिः
brahmaghne ca surāpe ca caure bhagnavrate tathā | niṣkṛtirvihitā sadbhiḥ kṛtaghne nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ
బ్రాహ్మణహంతకునికి, సురాపానకునికి, దొంగకు, వ్రతభంగకునికి సద్జనులు ప్రాయశ్చిత్తం విధించారు; కాని కృతఘ్నునికి ప్రాయశ్చిత్తమే లేదు।
Narrator (contextual; within Tīrthamāhātmya narration)
Type: kshetra
Scene: A didactic tableau: sages enumerate sins and expiations on one side, while a shadowed figure labeled ‘kṛtaghna’ stands apart, indicating ‘no expiation’.
FAQs
Pāpa may be cleansed through prescribed expiation, but ingratitude is treated as a deep moral rupture that resists ritual remedy.
The verse appears within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya flow; the snippet itself states a dharma-principle rather than naming a specific tīrtha.
It alludes generally to niṣkṛti/prāyaścitta for grave sins and vow-breaking, without detailing a specific rite in this verse.
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