Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 18
तस्मात्कुरु प्रसादं मे भक्तस्य विनतस्य च । शापस्यानुग्रहेणैव शीघ्रं ब्राह्मणसत्तम
tasmātkuru prasādaṃ me bhaktasya vinatasya ca | śāpasyānugraheṇaiva śīghraṃ brāhmaṇasattama
پس اے برہمنوں میں افضل! مجھ پر مہربان ہو—میں تمہارا عقیدت مند اور عاجز درخواست گزار ہوں—اور اپنے فضل سے اس شاپ کو جلد نرم کر دو۔
Rājā (the king)
Scene: The king bows even lower, forehead near the ground, hands clasped; the sage stands or sits with a raised hand—half admonition, half blessing—signaling the possibility of mercy.
FAQs
Humility and surrender to spiritual authority invite grace; even severe outcomes can be moderated by anugraha.
The broader passage belongs to a tīrtha-māhātmya setting, but this verse itself emphasizes the interpersonal dharma of seeking mercy.
No specific rite is prescribed; the act is supplication for mitigation of a śāpa (curse).