Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29
अथावदत्स्वसैन्यार्थं प्रांजलिः स महीपतिः । अज्ञानाद्बालया यत्ते कृतं तत्क्षंतुमर्हसि
athāvadatsvasainyārthaṃ prāṃjaliḥ sa mahīpatiḥ | ajñānādbālayā yatte kṛtaṃ tatkṣaṃtumarhasi
Kemudian raja itu, dengan tangan dirapatkan, berkata bagi pihak tenteranya: “Apa yang dilakukan oleh gadis muda itu terhadap tuanku kerana kejahilan, mohon tuanku mengampuninya.”
Śaryāti
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Listener: audience within the māhātmya dialogue (traditionally sages/Skanda’s interlocutors)
Scene: A king stands before an austere sage in a sacred coastal grove, palms joined, pleading forgiveness for an inadvertent offense committed by a young maiden; soldiers wait at a respectful distance.
FAQs
Kṣamā (forgiveness) restores harmony; rulers must seek pardon from the spiritually eminent to protect society.
The narrative occurs within the Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, where sacred space frames ethical reconciliation.
None explicitly; the act shown is añjali and supplication—an ethical-ritual gesture of humility.