Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 16
विपंचीं वादयन्स्वैरं दृष्टः स मुनिसत्तमः । अजानंत्या च तानानां विशेषं मूर्च्छनोद्भवम् । मया स हसितोऽतीव तानभंगतया गतः
vipaṃcīṃ vādayansvairaṃ dṛṣṭaḥ sa munisattamaḥ | ajānaṃtyā ca tānānāṃ viśeṣaṃ mūrcchanodbhavam | mayā sa hasito'tīva tānabhaṃgatayā gataḥ
“Aku melihat sang resi termulia itu sedang memainkan vipaṃcī dengan bebas. Karena tidak memahami perbedaan halus nada-nada yang lahir dari mūrchana (modulasi yang tepat), aku tertawa terbahak, mengira nadanya ‘patah’.”
Audumbarī (continuing her account)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Nārada appears playing the vipaṃcī freely; Audumbarī, ignorant of tāna and mūrcchanā nuances, laughs at what she thinks are broken notes—capturing the moment of inadvertent offense.
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Mockery born of ignorance becomes an offense (aparādha); humility toward sacred persons and arts is dharma.
No site is named here; it explains the karmic trigger that later connects to a tīrtha-based resolution.
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