Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 58
प्रमादान्मदिरापानदोषेणोपहतात्मनाम् । तद्व्यपोहाय कपिला द्विजानां वहते नदी
pramādānmadirāpānadoṣeṇopahatātmanām | tadvyapohāya kapilā dvijānāṃ vahate nadī
غفلت کے سبب شراب نوشی کے عیب سے جن دوِجوں کی آتما زخمی ہو گئی ہو، اُن کے اس داغ کو دور کرنے کے لیے کپیلا ندی بہتی ہے۔
Skanda (deduced from Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrative style within Skanda Purāṇa)
Tirtha: Kapilā (Prabhāsa region)
Type: river
Scene: A remorseful dvija stands at Kapilā’s bank, offering water with folded hands; the river appears as a gentle goddess carrying away a dark stain labeled ‘madirā-doṣa’.
FAQs
Even serious lapses born of carelessness are not beyond correction when one turns to dharmic remedies and sacred tīrthas with repentance.
The Kapilā river-tīrtha within the sacred geography of Prabhāsa Kṣetra.
Tīrtha-sevā as prāyaścitta—approaching the river (implying bathing/ritual use) to remove the fault of liquor-drinking.