Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 19
अज्ञानात्त्वं मया विद्धस्त्वत्पदाग्रे सुरोत्तम । क्षन्तुमर्हसि मे नाथ न त्वं क्रोद्धुमिहार्हसि
ajñānāttvaṃ mayā viddhastvatpadāgre surottama | kṣantumarhasi me nātha na tvaṃ kroddhumihārhasi
„Aus Unwissenheit habe ich Dich an der Fußsohle getroffen, o Bester der Götter. Vergib mir, mein Herr; hier ziemt es Dir nicht, zornig zu werden.“
Jarā (the hunter), pleading for forgiveness.
Scene: A remorseful hunter kneels near the reclining Lord, touching the ground in supplication, eyes lowered, hands folded; the wound is at the sole of the divine foot; the seashore/Prabhāsa landscape frames the moment of contrition.
FAQs
Acknowledging wrongdoing as born of ignorance and seeking forgiveness is upheld as the dharmic response.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, where repentance and divine encounter are narrated as part of its Māhātmya.
No formal rite; it models prāyaścitta in spirit—confession, humility, and prayer for kṣamā.