Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 29
ततः परावसुस्तेषां पुरः स्थित्वा कृतांजलिः । प्रोवाच स्वादितं मद्यं मया रात्रावजानता । वेश्या भांडं समादाय ज्ञात्वा निजकमंडलुम्
tataḥ parāvasusteṣāṃ puraḥ sthitvā kṛtāṃjaliḥ | provāca svāditaṃ madyaṃ mayā rātrāvajānatā | veśyā bhāṃḍaṃ samādāya jñātvā nijakamaṃḍalum
Alors Parāvasu, se tenant devant eux les mains jointes, déclara : «Dans la nuit, à mon insu, j’ai goûté une liqueur enivrante. Une courtisane, prenant un récipient—le reconnaissant comme mon propre kamaṇḍalu (pot à eau)…»
Parāvasu
Type: kshetra
Scene: Parāvasu stands before a seated circle of brāhmaṇas with folded hands, confessing that he unknowingly drank liquor at night; a courtesan holds a vessel near a kamaṇḍalu, implying mistaken identity of the pot.
FAQs
Even unintentional transgression should be confessed and addressed through dharmic expiation rather than concealed.
No tīrtha is named in this verse; it is part of a broader Tīrthamāhātmya chapter narrative.
The verse introduces the fault (unknowing madyapāna) that becomes the basis for prescribing an appropriate prāyaścitta.