Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 12

Devanagari script

पत्नीशालोपविष्टायां ततस्तस्यां द्विजोत्तमाः । सावित्री समनुप्राप्ता देवपत्नीभिरावृता

Transliteration

patnīśālopaviṣṭāyāṃ tatastasyāṃ dvijottamāḥ | sāvitrī samanuprāptā devapatnībhirāvṛtā

Translation

Ô le meilleur des deux-fois-nés : lorsqu’elle fut assise dans le pavillon de l’épouse, Savitrī arriva, entourée des épouses des dieux.

Word by Word

• पत्नीशालोपविष्टायाम्: in/at the wife’s hall where (she) was seated
• पत्नीशालोपविष्टायाम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पत्नीशाला (प्रातिपदिक) + उपविष्ट (कृदन्त; √विश् (धातु) उप- उपसर्ग)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (पत्नीशालायाम् उपविष्टायाम् इति; अधिकरणे)

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb) — ‘then/from there’

• तस्याम्: in her / in that (place)
• तस्याम्: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• द्विजोत्तमाः: the best of the twice-born (brahmins)
• द्विजोत्तमाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; समासः—कर्मधारयः (उत्तमाः द्विजाः)

• सावित्री: Sāvitrī
• सावित्री: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• समनुप्राप्ता: arrived / came
• समनुप्राप्ता: Kriya (Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अनु-प्राप्त (कृदन्त; √आप् (धातु) प्र- उपसर्ग)
• Form: कृदन्त (भूतकृत्/क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि/कर्तरि प्रयोगे ‘having arrived/arrived’

• देवपत्नीभिः: by/with the wives of the gods
• देवपत्नीभिः: Sahakaraka (Instrument/Association/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवपत्नी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (देवस्य पत्नी)

• आवृता: surrounded
• आवृता: Kriya (Verbal predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आवृत (कृदन्त; √वृ (धातु) आ- उपसर्ग)
• Form: कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘covered/surrounded’

Speaker

Narrator (contextual Purāṇic voice; likely Sūta-style narration within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: ghat

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: dvijottama (addressed audience)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: In the patnīśālā, the new bride sits; Savitrī enters with a retinue of deva-wives, creating a charged tableau of divine femininity, dignity, and impending confrontation.

Characters & Entities

• Savitrī
• Wives of the Devas
• Patnīśālā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

It underscores the ritual and social sanctity of the yajña setting, where dharma breaches become publicly consequential.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse is part of the chapter’s mythic prelude; the tīrtha-glory is tied to the broader episode described in the adhyāya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It references the patnīśālā (wife’s pavilion), a recognized component in certain sacrificial arrangements.