Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 56
सार्धमन्येऽपि ये लोका अपि पापसमन्विताः । तेषां वर्षकृतं पापं त्वत्प्रसादात्प्रणश्यतु
sārdhamanye'pi ye lokā api pāpasamanvitāḥ | teṣāṃ varṣakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ tvatprasādātpraṇaśyatu
และแม้ชนอื่น ๆ แม้จะถูกบาปครอบงำ—ขอด้วยพระกรุณาโปรดปรานของท่าน บาปที่กระทำตลอดปีของเขาทั้งหลายจงพินาศไป
Indra (implied, petitioning Brahmā/Divine authority)
Type: tirtha
Listener: Ṛṣis (contextual)
Scene: A devotee prays at the water’s edge on behalf of other sin-laden people; the tīrtha’s deity or guardian presence is implied, with light descending as ‘prasāda’ washing away dark stains symbolizing yearly sins.
FAQs
Divine prasāda, accessed through tīrtha-oriented dharma, is portrayed as capable of dissolving accumulated sin.
The tīrtha/kuṇḍa under discussion in Adhyāya 190, presented as a place where even heavy impurity is alleviated.
An implied tīrtha-observance linked to obtaining ‘prasāda’ that removes varṣa-kṛta pāpa (sins of a year).