Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 61
तेन तस्माद्विनिर्मुक्तः पातकात्पूर्वसंचितात् । नरतीर्थं ततः ख्यातं तत्र पापभयापहम्
tena tasmādvinirmuktaḥ pātakātpūrvasaṃcitāt | naratīrthaṃ tataḥ khyātaṃ tatra pāpabhayāpaham
اس پرایشچت کے ذریعے وہ پہلے سے جمع شدہ گناہوں سے آزاد ہو گیا۔ اسی لیے وہ مقام ‘نرتیرتھ’ کے نام سے مشہور ہوا، جو گناہ سے پیدا ہونے والے خوف کو دور کرتا ہے۔
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)
Tirtha: Naratīrtha
Type: ghat
Scene: A sacred ford known as Naratīrtha where a pilgrim (echoing Arjuna) emerges purified; the atmosphere is calm, with symbolic ‘fear’ dissolving—dark clouds parting into clear light.
FAQs
Atonement performed with sincerity at a sanctified site is said to dissolve past sin and the anxiety it produces.
Naratīrtha in Prabhāsa-kṣetra.
The verse implies prāyaścitta leading to release from pātaka; no specific rite details are enumerated here.