Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 70

Devanagari script

अथ भर्तारमासाद्य सावित्री हृष्टमानसा । जगाम स्वाश्रमपदं सह भर्त्रा निराकुला

Transliteration

atha bhartāramāsādya sāvitrī hṛṣṭamānasā | jagāma svāśramapadaṃ saha bhartrā nirākulā

Translation

Daraufhin, nachdem Sāvitrī ihren Gatten wiedererlangt hatte, kehrte sie, von Freude im Herzen erfüllt, mit ihm in ihre Einsiedelei zurück, frei von aller Bedrängnis.

Word by Word

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (Discourse connector/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: आरम्भ/अनन्तर्यबोधक-अव्यय (particle: then)

• bhartāram: (her) husband
• bhartāram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Accusative, Singular)

• āsādya: having reached/approached
• āsādya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Gerundial/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-sad (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive/gerund); उपसर्गः आ-; धातुः सद् (to approach/attain)

• sāvitrī: Sāvitrī
• sāvitrī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular)

• hṛṣṭa-mānasā: with a joyful mind
• hṛṣṭa-mānasā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛṣṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular); बहुव्रीहिः (whose mind is delighted)

• jagāma: went
• jagāma: Kriyā (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (परस्मैपद), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Perfect, 3rd person, Singular)

• sva-āśrama-padam: to her own hermitage
• sva-āśrama-padam: Karma (Goal/Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + āśrama (प्रातिपदिक) + pada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Neuter, Accusative, Singular); तत्पुरुषः (to/into one’s own hermitage-place)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: सहयोगवाचक-अव्यय; तृतीया-सहचारी (indeclinable governing instrumental)

• bhartrā: with (her) husband
• bhartrā: Sahakāraka (Accompaniment/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhartṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Masculine, Instrumental, Singular)

• nirākulā: untroubled
• nirākulā: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nirākula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन (Feminine, Nominative, Singular); विशेषणम् (qualifies sāvitrī)

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: (ṛṣi audience, contextual)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī, joyful, walks back with her husband toward their hermitage; the forest path is calm, the crisis resolved, the couple serene and unburdened.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Husband (Satyavān implied)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma steadfastly pursued culminates in restoration, peace, and the return of rightful order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative is situated within the Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya’s glorification of Prabhāsa.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it narrates the return after the boon.