Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 25
सत्पुण्यनिचयो यस्यां युष्माकं समभूद्ध्रुवम् । तस्याः पापाग्निशमनं कथं स्यादिति चिन्त्यताम्
satpuṇyanicayo yasyāṃ yuṣmākaṃ samabhūddhruvam | tasyāḥ pāpāgniśamanaṃ kathaṃ syāditi cintyatām
جس میں یقیناً تمہارا سَت پُنّیہ کا ذخیرہ پیدا ہوا ہے؛ پس غور کرو کہ اُس میں پاپ کی آگ کیسے بجھائی جائے؟
Nārada
Tirtha: Dvārakā (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra narrative frame)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Assembly of devas/ṛṣis/tīrthas (collective)
Scene: A solemn assembly at a sacred shore/temple precinct in Dvārakā-Prabhāsa, elders urging collective contemplation on how to extinguish the ‘fire of sin’ despite amassed merit; atmosphere of dusk-like introspection with ritual lamps and calm sea/river symbolism.
FAQs
Sin is portrayed as a burning force that requires deliberate dharmic remedy; merit and purification are central Purāṇic themes.
Gautamī (Godāvarī) is the implied focus, treated as a sacred locus where merit accumulates and purification is sought.
No explicit rite is named; the verse calls for determining an appropriate expiation (prāyaścitta) to extinguish pāpa-agni.