Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 37
सूत उवाच । एवं च स तया प्रोक्तः क्षम्यतामिति सादरम् । प्रणिपत्य जगामाऽथ निजं स्थानं प्रहर्षितः
sūta uvāca | evaṃ ca sa tayā proktaḥ kṣamyatāmiti sādaram | praṇipatya jagāmā'tha nijaṃ sthānaṃ praharṣitaḥ
سوت نے کہا: یوں اُس کے کہنے پر اُس نے ادب سے عرض کیا، “مجھے معاف کیا جائے۔” پھر سجدۂ تعظیم کر کے، خوشی سے بھرپور، اپنے ہی مقام کو چلا گیا۔
Sūta (narrator)
Tirtha: Kedāra / Kedāreśvara
Type: kshetra
Listener: Śaunaka and the Naimiṣāraṇya sages (implied standard frame)
Scene: A devotee, hands folded, asks forgiveness before a Śiva shrine of Kedāra; after prostration he departs, face serene, suffused with relief and joy.
FAQs
Humility, seeking forgiveness, and reverent conduct are presented as dharmic means to resolve conflict and karmic entanglement.
The continuing context is Kedāra/Kedāreśvara tīrtha within the Tīrthamāhātmya.
Praṇipāta (reverential prostration) is depicted as a devotional act, though not framed as a formal prescription.