Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 112
तथा विमुच्यते पापाद्भक्षजातान्न संशयः । कृतादज्ञानतो विप्राः सत्यमेतन्मयोदितम्
tathā vimucyate pāpādbhakṣajātānna saṃśayaḥ | kṛtādajñānato viprāḥ satyametanmayoditam
اسی طرح ناپاک یا نامناسب کھانے سے پیدا ہونے والے گناہوں سے بھی نجات ملتی ہے—اس میں کوئی شک نہیں۔ اے وِپرو! اگر یہ لغزشیں نادانی میں بھی ہوئیں ہوں تو بھی میرا کہا سچ ہے۔
Indra (Sahasrākṣa), within Sūta’s narration context
Tirtha: Nāga-tīrtha
Type: kshetra
Listener: Brāhmaṇas (viprāḥ)
Scene: A devotee offers simple sattvic food near the tīrtha after confession of inadvertent dietary fault; the narrator’s words appear as a protective aura, signifying release from ‘bhakṣa-jāta’ sins.
FAQs
Sacred recitation and tīrtha-related devotion function as prāyaścitta, even for inadvertent faults.
The same Nāga-tīrtha/Nāgahrada whose māhātmya is being taught.
No new rite is added; the verse emphasizes the purificatory result (release from diet-related sins) through the māhātmya.