Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

प्रविष्टमात्रे तु ह्रदे कापिले पापनाशिनि । सशल्यं तं विशल्यं च क्षणात्कृतवती तदा

Transliteration

praviṣṭamātre tu hrade kāpile pāpanāśini | saśalyaṃ taṃ viśalyaṃ ca kṣaṇātkṛtavatī tadā

Translation

प्रविष्टमात्रे तु ह्रदे कापिले पापनाशिनि। सशल्यं तं विशल्यं च क्षणात्कृतवती तदा॥

Word by Word

• प्रविष्टमात्रे: at the very moment of entering
• प्रविष्टमात्रे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्र-विश् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) + मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter); तत्पुरुषः (प्रविष्ट + मात्र = just entered)

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विरोध/विशेषार्थक

• ह्रदे: in the lake
• ह्रदे: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ह्रद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular)

• कापिले: (in) Kapila (lake)
• कापिले: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कापिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); विशेषण

• पापनाशिनि: sin-destroying
• पापनाशिनि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पाप-नाशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य नाशिन् = sin-destroying)

• सशल्यं: with the arrow still in him
• सशल्यं: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स-शल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सह-तत्पुरुषः

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम

• विशल्यम्: without the arrow
• विशल्यम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि-शल्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः (विगतं शल्यं यस्य = free from arrow)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय (conjunction)

• क्षणात्: in an instant
• क्षणात्: Adverbial (Time/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), पञ्चमी (Ablative/5th), एकवचन (Singular); अव्ययीभावार्थे (adverbial sense)

• कृतवती: (she) made/did
• कृतवती: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्तवतु (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवतु-प्रत्ययान्त (Perfect participle used as finite), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adverbial (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator, likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa in Āvantya-khaṇḍa style)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāpilā-hrada

Type: kund

Visual Art Cues

Scene: As the child touches the lake, arrows and wounds vanish; the water glows, ripples radiate outward like a mandala, and the mother’s face shifts from anguish to astonished relief.

Characters & Entities

• Kāpilā Hrada
• Narmadā (Revā)
• Revāputra (Agni)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

True tīrthas remove both sin and suffering swiftly; divine grace can heal instantly when one enters sanctified waters with faith.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāpilā Hrada is glorified as pāpanāśinī, a sin-destroying sacred lake connected with the Revā/Narmadā region.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Snāna/immersion is implied: merely entering the Kāpilā Hrada is depicted as conferring immediate cleansing and relief.