Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 59
तस्माद्ब्रूहि महाभाग यद्यस्त्यपरमेव हि । प्रायश्चित्तं द्विजस्यास्य मद्यपानविशुद्धये
tasmādbrūhi mahābhāga yadyastyaparameva hi | prāyaścittaṃ dvijasyāsya madyapānaviśuddhaye
پس اے نہایت بخت والے، اگر کوئی اعلیٰ ترین تدبیر ہو تو بتائیے—اس دِوِج کو شراب نوشی کے گناہ سے پاک کرنے کے لیے کون سا پرायश्चت ہے؟
Brāhmaṇas
Scene: A spokesman earnestly asks the sage for the ‘supreme remedy’—prāyaścitta to cleanse a dvija from the sin of liquor—hands folded, face intent; the sage listens.
FAQs
Even grave transgressions are approached through dharmic means—confession, counsel, and prescribed expiation aimed at restoration of purity.
Not named in this verse; the tīrtha-setting frames the discussion on purification.
The verse asks for prāyaścitta (expiation) for madyapāna; details are sought rather than stated.