Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 6
निर्मूल्यानि सुवस्त्राणि ब्राह्मणानां महात्मनाम् । नीलीमध्ये विमोहेन प्रक्षिप्तानि बहूनि च
nirmūlyāni suvastrāṇi brāhmaṇānāṃ mahātmanām | nīlīmadhye vimohena prakṣiptāni bahūni ca
“مہاتما برہمنوں کے بیش قیمت عمدہ کپڑے—جو اُن کے لیے انمول ہیں—میری گمراہی کے باعث نیلی کے بیچ میں بہت سے پھینک دیے گئے ہیں۔”
Śuddhaka (within Sūta’s narration)
Tirtha: Nīlī
Type: river
Listener: dvijottama (addressed)
Scene: A man recounts the act: bundles of fine cloth sinking or swirling in dark-blue water; Brahmins on the bank in distress; the river’s current central and ominous.
FAQs
Delusion does not erase responsibility; harm done to the righteous and to sacred contexts demands acknowledgement and remedy.
The Nīlī (Nīlīkuṇḍī), presented as a significant water-body in the tīrtha narrative.
No explicit prescription; the verse implies the need for restitution/prāyaścitta due to offense involving Brahmin property and a sacred site.