Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

सा विग्राहवतीव श्रीः प्रावर्धत नृपात्मजा । सावित्री सुकुमारांगी यौवनस्था बभूव ह

Transliteration

sā vigrāhavatīva śrīḥ prāvardhata nṛpātmajā | sāvitrī sukumārāṃgī yauvanasthā babhūva ha

Translation

Die Prinzessin Sāvitrī wuchs heran, als wäre Śrī (Fortuna) selbst leibhaftig; zartgliedrig gelangte sie wahrlich zur vollen Blüte der Jugend.

Word by Word

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• विग्राहवती: having a lovely form
• विग्राहवती: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विग्राह-वत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘having a form/body’; विग्राहस्य वती (तत्पुरुष-आधार)

• इव: as if/like
• इव: Sambandha (Comparison)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमा-वाचक (comparative particle)

• श्रीः: Lakṣmī; splendor
• श्रीः: Upamana (Standard of comparison)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• प्रावर्धत: grew; increased
• प्रावर्धत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वृध् (धातु; वृद्धौ)
• Form: लङ् (अनद्यतनभूत/Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; प्र-उपसर्ग

• नृपात्मजा: the king’s daughter
• नृपात्मजा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृप-आत्मजा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (नृपस्य आत्मजा)

• सावित्री: Sāvitrī
• सावित्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular (apposition)

• सुकुमारांगी: delicate-limbed
• सुकुमारांगी: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु-कुमार-अङ्गी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः—सुकुमारम् अङ्गं यस्याः/या (delicate-limbed)

• यौवनस्था: in the bloom of youth
• यौवनस्था: Visheshana (Adjectival)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यौवन-स्था (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सप्तमी-तत्पुरुषः—यौवने स्थिता (standing in youth)

• बभूव: became
• बभूव: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु; भवने)
• Form: लिट् (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ह: indeed (expletive)
• ह: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; पदपूरण/निपात (expletive particle)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (implicit causal tīrtha)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Princess Sāvitrī grows into youth, delicate-limbed and radiant, likened to Śrī embodied; palace gardens, attendants, and auspicious symbols surround her.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Śrī (Lakṣmī-like splendor, as concept)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Boons gained through tīrtha and worship manifest as auspiciousness, flourishing, and radiance in life’s unfolding.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Indirectly, Prabhāsa’s Sāvitrī-sthala is praised through the blessed outcome it produces.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None here; it describes the boon’s maturation in the princess’s life.