Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

कपिले नैव गंतव्यं न ते दोषो भविष्यति । प्राणात्यये न दोषोऽस्ति संपराये च दारुणे

Transliteration

kapile naiva gaṃtavyaṃ na te doṣo bhaviṣyati | prāṇātyaye na doṣo'sti saṃparāye ca dāruṇe

Translation

Sie sprachen: „O Kapilā, du darfst nicht gehen. Keine Schuld wird dir anhaften—steht das Leben auf dem Spiel, so gibt es selbst in furchtbarer Not keinen Tadel.“

Word by Word

• कपिले: O Kapilā
• कपिले: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; vocative singular (addressing Kapilā)

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय (negation particle)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• गन्तव्यम्: to be gone/should go
• गन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √गम् (धातु) → गन्तव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; impersonal: 'should be gone'

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान)/षष्ठी, एकवचन; here dative: 'to you'

• दोषः: fault
• दोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; nominative singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'will be'

• प्राणात्यये: in peril of life
• प्राणात्यये: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण-अत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (प्राणानाम् अत्ययः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular 'in danger of life/at death'

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• दोषः: fault
• दोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'is/exists'

• संपराये: in crisis/battle/last extremity
• संपराये: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपराय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• दारुणे: terrible
• दारुणे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; agrees with संपराये (locative)

Speaker

Kapilā’s companions/friends (sarvāstāḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Companions plead with Kapilā, palms joined, urging her not to go; their faces show fear for her life and moral reassurance.

Characters & Entities

• Kapilā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It introduces āpaddharma: in extreme danger, ordinary rules may be relaxed without moral fault.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in the verse; it remains within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a dharma-judgment about culpability during life-threatening crisis.