Shloka 313
कुमाराभिषेकप्रश्नः — Inquiry into Kumāra (Skanda) Investiture at Sarasvatī
तम्मिंस्तीर्थे वरे स्नात्वा विमुक्त: पाप्मना किल । राजन्! कहते हैं, इस बातको जानकर देवराज इन्द्र उसी श्रेष्ठ तीर्थमें स्नान करके ब्रह्महत्याके पापसे मुक्त हुए थे
tammiṁs tīrthe vare snātvā vimuktaḥ pāpmanā kila | rājan |
Vaiśampāyana nói: “Tâu Đại vương, người ta kể rằng khi biết điều ấy, Indra—chúa tể chư thiên—đã tắm tại bến thánh tối thắng ấy và được giải thoát khỏi vết nhơ tội brahmahatyā (tội sát hại Bà-la-môn).”
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the gravest moral transgression is treated as leaving a real ethical stain (pāpman/brahmahatyā) that demands recognition and appropriate expiation; sacred discipline such as tīrtha-bathing is presented as a culturally sanctioned means of purification and moral restoration.
Vaiśampāyana tells the king that Indra, after coming to know a certain matter, went to that renowned tīrtha, bathed there, and thereby became free from the taint of brahmahatyā—citing a traditional report (kila) to validate the tīrtha’s purificatory power.