Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
न त्वया कामतः पुत्र कृत्यमेतदनुष्ठितम् । न ज्ञानेन कृतं यस्मात्तत्स्मात्स्वल्पं हि पातकम्
na tvayā kāmataḥ putra kṛtyametadanuṣṭhitam | na jñānena kṛtaṃ yasmāttatsmātsvalpaṃ hi pātakam
Mon fils, tu n’as pas accompli cet acte par désir; et puisqu’il n’a pas été fait en pleine connaissance, le péché en est, en vérité, léger.
Hari
Type: kshetra
Scene: Hari consoles the devotee as a compassionate elder, explaining that the act was not desire-driven nor knowingly done, hence the fault is small; the mood shifts from grief to calm reassurance.
FAQs
Dharma weighs intention: wrongdoing without lust and without knowledge is less culpable, though it still requires purification.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides ethical framing within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
No details here; it prepares for the prāyaścitta and dāna instructions that follow.