Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 63
न त्वया कामतः पुत्र कृत्यमेतदनुष्ठितम् । न ज्ञानेन कृतं यस्मात्तत्स्मात्स्वल्पं हि पातकम्
na tvayā kāmataḥ putra kṛtyametadanuṣṭhitam | na jñānena kṛtaṃ yasmāttatsmātsvalpaṃ hi pātakam
اے بیٹے، تو نے یہ کام خواہش کے تحت نہیں کیا؛ اور چونکہ یہ جان بوجھ کر نہیں ہوا، اس لیے یہ گناہ یقیناً ہلکا ہے۔
Hari
Type: kshetra
Scene: Hari consoles the devotee as a compassionate elder, explaining that the act was not desire-driven nor knowingly done, hence the fault is small; the mood shifts from grief to calm reassurance.
FAQs
Dharma weighs intention: wrongdoing without lust and without knowledge is less culpable, though it still requires purification.
No particular tīrtha is named in this verse; it provides ethical framing within a tīrtha-māhātmya chapter.
No details here; it prepares for the prāyaścitta and dāna instructions that follow.