Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83
कपिले नैव गंतव्यं न ते दोषो भविष्यति । प्राणात्यये न दोषोऽस्ति संपराये च दारुणे
kapile naiva gaṃtavyaṃ na te doṣo bhaviṣyati | prāṇātyaye na doṣo'sti saṃparāye ca dāruṇe
ਉਹ ਬੋਲੇ: “ਹੇ ਕਪਿਲਾ, ਤੂੰ ਨਾ ਜਾ; ਤੇਰੇ ਉੱਤੇ ਕੋਈ ਦੋਸ਼ ਨਹੀਂ ਆਵੇਗਾ। ਪ੍ਰਾਣਾਂ ਦੇ ਸੰਕਟ ਵਿੱਚ, ਭਿਆਨਕ ਵਿਪੱਤੀ ਵੇਲੇ ਵੀ, ਦੋਸ਼ ਨਹੀਂ ਮੰਨਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ।”
Kapilā’s companions/friends (sarvāstāḥ)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa (frame)
Type: kshetra
Scene: Companions plead with Kapilā, palms joined, urging her not to go; their faces show fear for her life and moral reassurance.
FAQs
It introduces āpaddharma: in extreme danger, ordinary rules may be relaxed without moral fault.
Not specified in the verse; it remains within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative milieu.
None; it is a dharma-judgment about culpability during life-threatening crisis.