Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 60

Devanagari script

तेन सा कपिला नाम गीता पापक्षयंकरी । तत्र कोटिशतं साग्रं तीर्थानाममरेश्वरे

Transliteration

tena sā kapilā nāma gītā pāpakṣayaṃkarī | tatra koṭiśataṃ sāgraṃ tīrthānāmamareśvare

Translation

C’est pourquoi on la célèbre sous le nom de « Kapilā », celle qui détruit les péchés. Là, à Amareśvara, se trouvent plus de cent koṭis de tīrthas.

Word by Word

• तेन: by that; therefore
• तेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (Instrumental singular of 'tad')

• सा: she/that (f.)
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-रूपम् (Nominative singular feminine)

• कपिला: Kapilā (name)
• कपिला: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; नाम (proper name)

• नाम: named; by name
• नाम: Sambandha (Apposition/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययम्; नाम-शब्दः (indeclinable particle meaning 'by name/namely')

• गीता: (was) sung/recited
• गीता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गीता (प्रातिपदिक; √गै (धातु) + क्त)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त-विशेष्य/नाम (past passive participle used as noun: 'sung/recited')

• पापक्षयंकरī: causing the destruction of sins
• पापक्षयंकरī: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + क्षय (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य क्षयः → पापक्षयः; तं करोति इति पापक्षयंकरī)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्ययम्; देशवाचक-अव्ययम् (locative adverb)

• कोटिशतम्: a hundred crores (ten million hundreds)
• कोटिशतम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोटि (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (संख्यापूर्वपदः)

• साग्रम्: with an additional amount; and more
• साग्रम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (उपसर्ग/अव्ययार्थ) + अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'अधिकम्' अर्थे (with an excess; 'and more')

• तीर्थानाम्: of sacred fords/pilgrimage places
• तीर्थानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन

• अमरेश्वरे: in Amareśvara
• अमरेश्वरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अमरेश्वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; स्थान-नाम (locative)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapilā at Amareśvara

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Bhārata (addressed in nearby verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A wide sacred riverbank at Amareśvara: the Revā flowing, a luminous smaller current/spot labeled Kapilā, and a visionary overlay of countless miniature tīrthas—kundas, ghats, liṅgas—appearing like a cosmic map around the main shrine.

Characters & Entities

• Kapilā
• Amareśvara
• Tīrthas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Holy rivers and Śiva-sites are proclaimed as pāpa-kṣaya (sin-destroying); remembrance and pilgrimage orient life toward purification.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Amareśvara and the Kapilā river, celebrated as a sin-destroying sacred presence.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No single rite is specified; the verse emphasizes the inherent purifying power of Kapilā and the multitude of tīrthas at Amareśvara.