Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 29
अज्ञानाद्बालभावेन यूका कण्टेऽधिरोपिता । तैलाभ्यक्तशिरोगात्रे मया यूका घृता न हि
ajñānādbālabhāvena yūkā kaṇṭe'dhiropitā | tailābhyaktaśirogātre mayā yūkā ghṛtā na hi
نادانی اور بچپنے میں میں نے کسی کے گلے پر ایک جوئیں رکھ دی۔ میرا سر اور اعضا تیل سے چکنے تھے، مگر میں نے اپنے اوپر کی جوئیں کو مسلا نہیں—ہرگز نہیں۔
Māṇḍavya Ṛṣi
Tirtha: Revā tīrtha context (implicit)
Type: kshetra
Listener: brāhmaṇas/mahārṣis
Scene: A remorseful figure recounts a youthful prank: placing a louse on another’s throat; the scene is framed as confession rather than comedy.
FAQs
Even seemingly small, thoughtless harm can become the seed of later suffering through karma.
No specific tīrtha is named in this verse; it serves the Revā Khaṇḍa’s moral narrative.
None; oil-anointing is incidental to the story, not a prescribed rite.