Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 33

Devanagari script

ज्ञानतोऽज्ञानतो वापि यत्पापं पूर्वसंचितम् । तत्सर्वं नाशमायाति इत्याह कपिलो मुनिः

Transliteration

jñānato'jñānato vāpi yatpāpaṃ pūrvasaṃcitam | tatsarvaṃ nāśamāyāti ityāha kapilo muniḥ

Translation

บาปใดที่สั่งสมมาแต่ก่อน ไม่ว่ากระทำโดยรู้ตัวหรือไม่รู้ตัว—บาปนั้นทั้งหมดถึงความสิ้นไป; ดังนี้ฤๅษีกปิละได้ประกาศไว้

Word by Word

• ज्ञानतः: knowingly
• ज्ञानतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), अर्थे: 'ज्ञानपूर्वकं/जानतः' (ablatival adverb)

• अज्ञानतः: unknowingly
• अज्ञानतः: Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त), अर्थे: 'अज्ञानपूर्वकं/न जानतः'

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, विकल्पार्थक-निपात (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चय/अप्यर्थक-निपात (emphatic/inclusive particle)

• यत्: whatever (which)
• यत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; सम्बन्धे 'यत् ... तत्' (relative pronoun)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• पूर्वसंचितम्: previously accumulated
• पूर्वसंचितम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + सञ्चित (कृदन्त; √चि (धातु) उपसर्ग: सम्, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि विशेषणम्; समासः: पूर्वे सञ्चितम् (पूर्वकाले संचितम्)

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'यत्' इत्यस्य प्रत्युत्तर (correlative)

• सर्वम्: all
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'तत्' इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• नाशम्: destruction
• नाशम्: Gati-Karma (Goal/गतिकर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; गत्यर्थक-क्रियायाः लक्ष्य (goal)

• आयाति: goes/comes (to)
• आयाति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √या (धातु) उपसर्ग: आ
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Quotation-marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, वाक्य-समाप्ति/उद्धरणसूचक (quotative particle)

• आह: said
• आह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अह्/√ब्रू (धातु; परोक्षे 'आह' रूपम्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परिपूर्ण/परोक्षभूत), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कपिलः: Kapila
• कपिलः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'कपिलः' इत्यस्य समानाधिकरणम्

Speaker

Narrator quoting Kapila

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Kapilā-Ṣaṣṭhī (Prabhāsa; Kapiladhārā–Kapileśvara)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Implied interlocutor continuing from ‘varavarṇinī’ address in the sequence

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sage Kapila, seated near a sacred stream, raises his hand in assurance while devotees listen; behind them stands the Kapileśvara shrine. Dark smoke-like motifs representing pāpa dissolve into light as the vow is proclaimed.

Characters & Entities

• Kapila

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic dharma emphasizes purification: sincere sacred observance can eradicate even long-stored sins, whether deliberate or accidental.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, in the Kapileśvara/Kapilā-Ṣaṣṭhī context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse states the purificatory result (pāpa-nāśa); the surrounding passage ties it to Kapilā-Ṣaṣṭhī vrata and related rites.