Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
कौतूहलात्कण्टकेन बुद्धिमोहबलात्कृता । किन्नु खल्विदमित्युक्त्वा निर्बिभेदास्य लोचने
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Kerana rasa ingin tahu—akalnya diselubungi khayal dan keliru—dia berkata, “Apakah ini sebenarnya?” lalu dengan duri dia menikam mata baginda.
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (contextual attribution)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Sukanyā bends toward the ant-hill, holding a small thorn; two eyes gleam from within the mound; the moment freezes at the instant of piercing—innocence mixed with fatal error.
FAQs
Curiosity without discernment becomes harm; Purāṇic dharma warns against rash acts, especially toward ascetics.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra, a sacred region where moral causality is dramatically illustrated.
None; the verse describes the act that triggers the subsequent affliction.