Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 9

Devanagari script

कृतस्य करणं नास्ति तस्मात्पापविनाशनम् । गत्वा तु कापिलं तीर्थं मोचयाम्यघमात्मनः

Transliteration

kṛtasya karaṇaṃ nāsti tasmātpāpavināśanam | gatvā tu kāpilaṃ tīrthaṃ mocayāmyaghamātmanaḥ

Translation

สิ่งที่ได้กระทำแล้ว ย่อมไม่อาจย้อนคืนได้; เพราะฉะนั้นเพื่อทำลายบาป ข้าพเจ้าจักไปยังกาปิละตีรถะ และชำระมลทินภายในตน

Word by Word

• कृतस्य: of what is done
• कृतस्य: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त/भूतकर्मणि) ‘कृत’ इति, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; ‘करणम्’ इत्यस्य सम्बन्धः

• करणम्: doing, performance
• करणम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: करण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation (निषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-निपात (particle of negation)

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• तस्मात्: therefore, from that
• तस्मात्: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान), एकवचन; सर्वनाम; हेत्वर्थे ‘therefore/from that’

• पापविनाशनम्: destruction of sin
• पापविनाशनम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप-विनाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (पापस्य विनाशनम्)

• गत्वा: having gone
• गत्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभावः; पूर्वक्रिया

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात

• कापिलम्: Kapila-related
• कापिलम्: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कापिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; ‘तीर्थम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• तीर्थम्: pilgrimage place
• तीर्थम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तीर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• मोचयामि: I free, I release
• मोचयामि: Kriya (Verb/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) भावः—‘I cause to be released’

• अघम्: sin
• अघम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अघ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• आत्मनः: Shashthi-Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

Speaker

Kapila (inferred; first-person resolve)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kāpila-tīrtha

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (frame typical; not explicit)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Kapila resolves to journey to Kāpila-tīrtha; he stands with staff and waterpot, gaze steady, with the Narmadā’s sacred current envisioned ahead as purifier of inner taint.

Characters & Entities

• Kapila
• Kāpila-tīrtha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When harm has occurred, dharma advises repentance and purification through sacred acts rather than denial.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Kāpila-tīrtha, a Revā (Narmadā) pilgrimage spot associated with Sage Kapila.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Undertaking a tīrtha-visit to Kāpila-tīrtha specifically for pāpa-vināśana (sin-destruction).