Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 27
मया तातेह वल्मीके दृष्टं सर्वमभिज्वलत् । उद्द्योतवदविज्ञानात्तन्मया विद्धमन्तिकात्
mayā tāteha valmīke dṛṣṭaṃ sarvamabhijvalat | uddyotavadavijñānāttanmayā viddhamantikāt
“അച്ഛാ, ഇവിടെ ഈ വൽമീകത്തിൽ എല്ലാം ജ്വലിക്കുന്നതായി ഞാൻ കണ്ടു. അത് പ്രകാശമെന്നു തെറ്റിദ്ധരിച്ചു, അജ്ഞാനവശാൽ അടുത്തുനിന്ന് ഞാൻ അതിനെ അടിച്ചു.”
Sukanyā
Tirtha: Valmīka-sthāna (within Prabhāsa-kṣetra)
Type: kund
Scene: Sukanyā confesses to her father: she saw a blazing radiance within an anthill and, mistaking it for a mere light, struck it; the anthill glows ominously in memory.
FAQs
Ajñāna can cause harm; admitting one’s mistake truthfully is the first step toward restoration of dharma.
The episode is narrated within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, linking moral transformation to sacred space, though no single tīrtha is named in this verse.
None; it is a confession explaining the cause of offense.