Shloka 44
कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī
इष्टवा यथावद् बलभिदरुणायामुपास्पृशत् | स मुक्तः पाप्मना तेन ब्रह्म॒वध्याकृतेन च
iṣṭvā yathāvad balabhid-aruṇāyām upāspṛśat | sa muktaḥ pāpmanā tena brahmavadhyākṛtena ca
اس نے مقررہ طریقے سے یَجْن (قربانی) ادا کی، پھر بلَبھِد-اَرُونا میں تطہیر کے لیے پانی کو چھوا/غسل کیا۔ اس عمل سے وہ گناہ کی آلودگی سے—بالخصوص برہمن کے قتل سے پیدا ہونے والے سنگین پاپ (مہاپاتک) سے—آزاد ہو گیا۔
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even in the aftermath of grave wrongdoing, dharma provides structured means—properly performed rites and purification—to acknowledge transgression and seek release from its moral and ritual taint, emphasizing accountability and restoration rather than denial.
The narrator states that the person in question completes a rite correctly and then performs a purificatory water-touching at the sacred place called Aruṇā; through this observance he becomes freed from the sin, explicitly including the heavy guilt of brāhmaṇa-slaying.