Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 73
कथं यास्यति मे तुष्टिं वदैष मम सन्मुने । अज्ञानात्पातितो व्योम्नः शक्तिं चास्याविजानता
kathaṃ yāsyati me tuṣṭiṃ vadaiṣa mama sanmune | ajñānātpātito vyomnaḥ śaktiṃ cāsyāvijānatā
Sag mir, o edler Weiser, wie wird er mir gnädig sein? Aus Unwissenheit stieß ich ihn vom Himmel herab, da ich seine Macht nicht kannte.
Pippalāda (deduced: the boy speaking to Nārada; name explicit in 77)
Listener: Nārada
Scene: Close, intimate exchange: the boy speaks urgently to Nārada, eyes wide with fear; gesture of pleading; the sky hinted in background to recall the fall from the heavens.
FAQs
Ignorant wrongdoing still bears consequences, but humility and seeking right counsel opens the door to reconciliation.
Not specified in this verse; it remains within the chapter’s tīrtha framework.
An implicit prescription: seek a means of appeasement; the explicit method given next is stuti (praise).