Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 83

Devanagari script

कपिले नैव गंतव्यं न ते दोषो भविष्यति । प्राणात्यये न दोषोऽस्ति संपराये च दारुणे

Transliteration

kapile naiva gaṃtavyaṃ na te doṣo bhaviṣyati | prāṇātyaye na doṣo'sti saṃparāye ca dāruṇe

Translation

Họ nói: “Hỡi Kapilā, nàng chớ đi. Nàng sẽ không mang lỗi—khi mạng sống bị đe dọa, dù trong cơn nguy biến ghê gớm, cũng không có điều đáng trách.”

Word by Word

• कपिले: O Kapilā
• कपिले: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिला (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; vocative singular (addressing Kapilā)

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

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Avadharana (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारण-अव्यय (emphatic particle)

• गन्तव्यम्: to be gone/should go
• गन्तव्यम्: Kriya (Obligation/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √गम् (धातु) → गन्तव्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: तव्यत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (gerundive/obligatory), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; impersonal: 'should be gone'

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• ते: to you
• ते: Sampradana (Recipient/सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान)/षष्ठी, एकवचन; here dative: 'to you'

• दोषः: fault
• दोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; nominative singular

• भविष्यति: will be
• भविष्यति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (भविष्यत्काल), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'will be'

• प्राणात्यये: in peril of life
• प्राणात्यये: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्राण-अत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (प्राणानाम् अत्ययः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular 'in danger of life/at death'

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• दोषः: fault
• दोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अस्ति: is
• अस्ति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; 'is/exists'

• संपराये: in crisis/battle/last extremity
• संपराये: Adhikarana (Condition/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संपराय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (अधिकरण), एकवचन; locative singular

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• दारुणे: terrible
• दारुणे: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दारुण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; agrees with संपराये (locative)

Speaker

Kapilā’s companions/friends (sarvāstāḥ)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa (frame)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Companions plead with Kapilā, palms joined, urging her not to go; their faces show fear for her life and moral reassurance.

Characters & Entities

• Kapilā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It introduces āpaddharma: in extreme danger, ordinary rules may be relaxed without moral fault.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Not specified in the verse; it remains within the Arbuda Khaṇḍa narrative milieu.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is a dharma-judgment about culpability during life-threatening crisis.