Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 7
भस्मीभूतांस्तु तान्दृष्ट्वा कपिलो मुनिसत्तमः । जगाम परमं शोकं चिन्त्यमानोऽथ किल्बिषम्
bhasmībhūtāṃstu tāndṛṣṭvā kapilo munisattamaḥ | jagāma paramaṃ śokaṃ cintyamāno'tha kilbiṣam
ครั้นเห็นพวกเขากลายเป็นเถ้าถ่านแล้ว กบิลผู้ประเสริฐในหมู่นักบวชฤๅษี ก็จมสู่ความโศกอันลึก และใคร่ครวญถึงความผิดที่ได้บังเกิดขึ้น
Narrator (contextual; likely Sūta/Lomaharṣaṇa)
Tirtha: Kapilāśrama / Sagara-putra-bhasma-sthāna (implied)
Type: kshetra
Listener: a king (rājendra)
Scene: A quiet aftermath: grey ash heaps where warriors stood; Kapila rises or looks upon them with softened eyes, hands lowered in sorrow, the fiery aura gone; the cave/āśrama feels still and heavy.
FAQs
Even great sages embody compassion and moral reflection, turning calamity into a path toward purification.
The episode functions as the backstory for the sanctifying power of Kāpila-tīrtha in the Revā Khaṇḍa.
The verse hints at prāyaścitta (atonement), which is elaborated through tīrtha-acts in subsequent verses.