Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 28
ततः सा लज्जयाऽविष्टा प्रणिपत्य च गौतमम् । स्मरमाणाऽत्मनः कृत्यं यच्छक्रेण समन्वितम्
tataḥ sā lajjayā'viṣṭā praṇipatya ca gautamam | smaramāṇā'tmanaḥ kṛtyaṃ yacchakreṇa samanvitam
پھر وہ شرمندگی میں ڈوبی ہوئی گوتَم کے حضور سجدہ ریز ہوئی اور اپنے اس فعل کو یاد کرنے لگی جو شَکر (اِندر) سے وابستہ تھا۔
Narrator (contextual Purāṇic narration within Nāgarakhaṇḍa)
Type: kshetra
Scene: The restored woman, overwhelmed with shame, bows at Gautama’s feet; her posture is low and contrite, while Gautama stands or sits in ascetic composure; the memory of Indra’s involvement hangs as a moral shadow.
FAQs
Remorse (lajjā) and humble surrender to a realized sage are presented as the proper beginning of purification and dharmic restoration.
The verse sets up a tīrtha-centered atonement narrative in Nāgarakhaṇḍa; the immediate focus later moves toward Hāṭakeśvara and the circuit of holy places.
No prescription is stated here; it introduces the confession that leads to Gautama’s prāyaścitta instructions in subsequent verses.