Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 20
कौतूहलात्कण्टकेन बुद्धिमोहबलात्कृता । किन्नु खल्विदमित्युक्त्वा निर्बिभेदास्य लोचने
kautūhalātkaṇṭakena buddhimohabalātkṛtā | kinnu khalvidamityuktvā nirbibhedāsya locane
ஆர்வத்தால், மயக்கத்தால் அறிவு மங்கியவளாய், அவள் ஒரு முள்ளால் அதைச் செய்தாள். “இது என்ன?” என்று சொல்லி அவன் கண்களைத் துளைத்தாள்.
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.