Skandapurana 16.367.p38

16.367.p38

36 prācīsarasvatīmāhātmyavarṇane pāṃḍavānāṃ kauravavināśottaraṃ hastināpure kṛṣṇena saha gamanam, tato yudhiṣṭhirabhīmanakulasahadevānāṃ gajapure gamanasamaye naranārāyaṇau niṣedhyau iti dvārapālānprati yudhiṣṭhireṇa kathanam, arjunena dvārapālānprati niṣedhakāraṇajijñāsayāpraśne kṛte sati taistayoḥ 'bhīṣmādipūjyajanaduryodhanādibāṃdha- vahananena doṣabhājanānniṣedha_ iti kathite'rjunena pāpakṣālanārthopāyādiprāyaścittārtha śrīkṛṣṇaṃ prati praśnakaraṇam, tataḥ śrīkṛṣṇena prācīsarasvatītīrthasnānena pāpanivṛtti- kathanam, tadanantaraṃ sakṛṣṇenārjunena prācīsarasvatīṃ prati gamanam, tatrārjunena trirātropoṣaṇatrirātrasnānādiniyamena svapāpanivṛttikaraṇam, prācīsarasvatīprabhāvaṃ jñātvā dharmabhīmanakulasahadevādikānāmapi tatrāgamanam, arjunavatteṣāṃ snānādinā pāpanivṛttiḥ, prācīsarasvatīmāhātmyavarṇanam ..... ... 60

36 In the description of the māhātmya of Prācīsarasvatī, the Pāṇḍavas going to Hastināpura together with Kṛṣṇa after the destruction of the Kauravas; then, at the time of the departure of Yudhiṣṭhira, Bhīma, Nakula, and Sahadeva to the city of elephants, Yudhiṣṭhira telling the doorkeepers: “Nara and Nārāyaṇa are to be turned away”; when Arjuna questioned the doorkeepers to learn the reason for being turned away, their replying: “Because of incurring guilt by slaying venerable elders such as Bhīṣma and kinsmen such as Duryodhana, you are turned away”; Arjuna asking Śrī Kṛṣṇa about the means for expiation and purifying that sin; then Śrī Kṛṣṇa declaring the removal of the sin by bathing in the Prācīsarasvatī tīrtha; thereafter Arjuna, accompanied by Kṛṣṇa, going to the Prācīsarasvatī; there Arjuna bringing about the removal of his sin by the observance of a three-night fast, three-night ritual ablution, and other rites; learning of the power of Prācīsarasvatī, Dharmarāja, Bhīma, Nakula, Sahadeva, and the others also arriving there; the removal of their sin by bathing and other rites just like Arjuna; the description of the māhātmya of Prācīsarasvatī... 60