विधिः प्राथमिकस्तस्माद्द्वितीये द्विगुणं चरेत् । तृतीये त्रिगुणं प्रोक्तं चतुर्थे नास्ति निष्कृतिः
vidhiḥ prāthamikastasmāddvitīye dviguṇaṃ caret | tṛtīye triguṇaṃ proktaṃ caturthe nāsti niṣkṛtiḥ
پس پہلی بار کے لیے ابتدائی حکم ہے؛ دوسری بار دوگنا ادا کرے، تیسری بار تین گنا کہا گیا ہے۔ چوتھی بار کوئی نِشکرتی (چھٹکارا/کفارہ) نہیں۔
Unspecified (didactic voice within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: A symbolic four-panel sequence: a person commits a fault and performs expiation once, then twice, then thrice with increasing austerity; the fourth panel shows a closed gate or a stern dharma-guardian indicating ‘no release’.
Repeated wrongdoing hardens guilt; dharma escalates remedy and finally withdraws ordinary expiation for habitual transgression.
The teaching sits within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya, presenting moral discipline as part of the sacred landscape’s instruction.
A graded scale: first-time rule, second-time double, third-time triple, and no niṣkṛti on the fourth.