Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33
ज्ञानतोऽज्ञानतो वापि यत्पापं पूर्वसंचितम् । तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति इत्याह कपिलो मुनिः
jñānato'jñānato vāpi yatpāpaṃ pūrvasaṃcitam | tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti ityāha kapilo muniḥ
Quel que soit le péché amassé depuis le passé—commis sciemment ou à son insu—tout cela s’anéantit : ainsi l’a proclamé le sage Kapila.
Narrator quoting Kapila
Tirtha: Kapilā-Ṣaṣṭhī (Prabhāsa; Kapiladhārā–Kapileśvara)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Implied interlocutor continuing from ‘varavarṇinī’ address in the sequence
Scene: Sage Kapila, seated near a sacred stream, raises his hand in assurance while devotees listen; behind them stands the Kapileśvara shrine. Dark smoke-like motifs representing pāpa dissolve into light as the vow is proclaimed.
FAQs
Puranic dharma emphasizes purification: sincere sacred observance can eradicate even long-stored sins, whether deliberate or accidental.
Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the Kapileśvara/Kapilā-Ṣaṣṭhī context.
The verse states the purificatory result (pāpa-nāśa); the surrounding passage ties it to Kapilā-Ṣaṣṭhī vrata and related rites.