Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 44

Devanagari script

जय कौबेरि सावित्रि जय धात्रि वरानने । तृष्णया तप्तदे हस्य रक्षां कुरु चराचरे

Transliteration

jaya kauberi sāvitri jaya dhātri varānane | tṛṣṇayā taptade hasya rakṣāṃ kuru carācare

Translation

Victoire à Toi comme Kauberī ; victoire à Toi comme Sāvitrī ; victoire à Toi, ô Dhātrī au beau visage. Protège-moi — le corps brûlé par la soif — parmi tout ce qui se meut et tout ce qui demeure immobile.

Word by Word

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधनार्थे

• kauberi: O Kauberī
• kauberi: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauberī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; कुबेरसम्बन्धिनी/शक्तिरूपा

• sāvitri: O Sāvitrī
• sāvitri: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; सवितृदेवी/गायत्री

• jaya: hail!
• jaya: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: jaya (अव्यय/निपात)
• Form: अव्यय; संबोधनार्थे

• dhātri: O Dhātrī (supporter/nourisher)
• dhātri: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhātrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; धात्री = धारयित्री/पोषयित्री (nourisher/supporter; epithet)

• varānane: O fair-faced one
• varānane: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vara (प्रातिपदिक) + ānana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; समासः—वरानना = वरम् आननं यस्याः/या (having a beautiful face)

• tṛṣṇayā: by thirst
• tṛṣṇayā: Karana/Hetu (Instrument/Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tṛṣṇā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; साधन/हेतौ (by/with thirst)

• taptadehasya: of (me) whose body is scorched
• taptadehasya: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tapta (कृदन्त; √tap (धातु)) + deha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), एकवचन; समासः—तप्तदेहस्य = तप्तः देहः यस्य (of one whose body is scorched)

• rakṣām: protection
• rakṣām: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rakṣā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; कर्मपदम्

• kuru: do; grant
• kuru: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• carācare: in the moving and the unmoving (world)
• carācare: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + acara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन; द्वन्द्वः—चराचर = चरं च अचरं च (in all moving and unmoving beings/world)

Speaker

Narrator (a devotee) praying to Devī/Śakti

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Revā (Narmadā) tirtha-banks

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A weary pilgrim-brāhmaṇa, lips parched, kneels on hot sand by the river, hands raised in plea; above, Devī appears serene, extending a gesture of protection (abhaya) and compassion, with symbols of Kauberī, Sāvitrī, Dhātrī hinted in attendant forms.

Characters & Entities

• Kauberī
• Sāvitrī
• Dhātrī
• Kubera (implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

In distress, refuge in the Divine Mother—praised in many forms—brings protection and relief.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the Revā Khaṇḍa’s sacred narrative; it does not identify a particular named tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Devotional stuti and a direct rakṣā-prārthanā (prayer for protection) are presented; no formal rite is specified.