Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

यज्ञभागं लभिष्याम औदुंबर्याः प्रसादतः । न चास्माभिः परिज्ञाता सावित्री चात्र तिष्ठति

Transliteration

yajñabhāgaṃ labhiṣyāma auduṃbaryāḥ prasādataḥ | na cāsmābhiḥ parijñātā sāvitrī cātra tiṣṭhati

Translation

«Nous devions recevoir notre part du yajña par la grâce d’Audumbarī ; pourtant nous n’avons pas reconnu que Sāvitrī elle-même demeurait ici.»

Word by Word

• यज्ञभागम्: share/portion of the sacrifice
• यज्ञभागम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यज्ञ-भाग (प्रातिपदिक; यज्ञ + भाग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: यज्ञस्य भागः)

• लभिष्याम: we shall obtain
• लभिष्याम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: लभ् (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तम-पुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

• औदुंबर्याः: of (the goddess) Audumbarī
• औदुंबर्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: औदुम्बरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (सम्बन्ध), एकवचन

• प्रसादतः: from/through (her) grace
• प्रसादतः: Hetu/Apadana (Cause/Source/हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (अपादान/हेतु), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘-तः’ (from/because of)

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

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

• अस्माभिः: by us
• अस्माभिः: Karana/Agent-instrument (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उभयलिङ्ग-प्रयोग्य (pronoun), तृतीया-विभक्ति (करण), बहुवचन

• परिज्ञाता: (she) has been recognized/known
• परिज्ञाता: Kriya (Predicative participle/क्रियाविशेषण-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: परि-ज्ञा (धातु) + त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (Past Passive Participle/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘(सा) परिज्ञाता’ = known/recognized

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

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

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of place)

• तिष्ठति: stands/remains
• तिष्ठति: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present/वर्तमान), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Gandharvyaḥ / Mātṛ-associated women (petitioners) addressing Sāvitrī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Audumbarī-tīrtha (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Address to a Gandharva (‘gāndharva-sattama’) appears in nearby verse-context; listener likely a Gandharva interlocutor

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A group of ritual participants realize, with startled reverence, that the goddess Sāvitrī has been dwelling at the Audumbarī tīrtha; the atmosphere shifts from casual ritual expectation to devotional awe.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Audumbarī
• Yajñabhāga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Merit and ritual entitlement are secondary to true recognition of the divine presence; ignorance of the deity leads to spiritual failure.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra is the māhātmya setting implied by the surrounding colophon and chapter transition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The concept of yajñabhāga (sacrificial share) is referenced; no concrete ritual steps are provided in this verse.