Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 84
Devanagari script
अत्र गाथा पुरा गीता मुनिभिर्धर्मवादिभिः । प्राणात्यये समुत्पन्ने शपथे नास्ति पातकम्
Transliteration
atra gāthā purā gītā munibhirdharmavādibhiḥ | prāṇātyaye samutpanne śapathe nāsti pātakam
Translation
「このことについて、昔、法（ダルマ）を説く牟尼たちが古きガーターを歌った。死に至る事態が起こるとき、強いられて破られた誓いには罪はない。」
Word by Word
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb: here)
गाथाa verse/ballad
गाथा:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootगाथा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; nominative singular
पुराformerly
पुरा:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपुरा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (formerly/once)
गीताsung/recited
गीता:
Karta (Predicate complement)
TypeAdjective
Root√गै (धातु) → गीत (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; agrees with गाथा
मुनिभिःby sages
मुनिभिः:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (करण), बहुवचन; instrumental plural
धर्मवादिभिःby expounders of dharma
धर्मवादिभिः:
Karana (Agent-instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म-वादिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (धर्मं वदन्ति ये), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; instrumental plural (apposition to मुनिभिः)
प्राणात्ययेin peril of life
प्राणात्यये:
Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण-अत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतत्पुरुषसमास (प्राणानाम् अत्ययः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular
समुत्पन्नेhaving arisen/occurred
समुत्पन्ने:
Visheshana (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम्-उत्-√पद्/√पत् (धातु) → समुत्पन्न (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; agrees with प्राणात्यये: 'when arisen'
शपथेin an oath
शपथे:
Adhikarana (Domain/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootशपथ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular 'in an oath'
नnot
न:
Pratishedha (Negation)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootन (अव्यय)
Formनिषेध-अव्यय
अस्तिis
अस्ति:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु)
Formलट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन
पातकम्sin/offence
पातकम्:
Karma (Predicate/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootपातक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate nominative/accusative in impersonal construction
Speaker
Kapilā’s companions/friends (continuation)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (frame)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A sage-like figure or elder recites an ‘ancient gāthā’ while others listen; the atmosphere shifts from grief to reflective jurisprudence.
Characters & Entities
S
Sages (muni)K
KapilāFAQs
Dharma includes nuanced exceptions: mortal peril can mitigate the fault connected with oaths.
No tīrtha is named; the verse provides dharma-principle support within the Arbuda narrative.
None; it cites a traditional authority (gāthā) about sinlessness under life-threatening compulsion.