Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

इत्येवमुक्त्वा देवेशि ततोऽन्तर्धानमागतः । सावित्री ब्रह्मलोके तु गता संस्थाप्य शंकरम्

Transliteration

ityevamuktvā deveśi tato'ntardhānamāgataḥ | sāvitrī brahmaloke tu gatā saṃsthāpya śaṃkaram

Translation

Ayant ainsi parlé, ô Déesse, il disparut alors à la vue. Et Sāvitrī, après y avoir établi Śaṅkara, se rendit au monde de Brahmā.

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha (Discourse marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (quotative particle)

• एवम्: in this manner
• एवम्: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb)

• उक्त्वा: having said
• उक्त्वा: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु) → उक्त्वा
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया; ‘having said’

• देवेशि: O queen/lady of the gods
• देवेशि: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवेशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, संबोधन (8th), एकवचन

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-vishesana (Adverbial/क्रिया-विशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय/तद्-तसिल्)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), ablatival sense ‘thereupon/from there’

• अन्तर्धानम्: disappearance, invisibility
• अन्तर्धानम्: Karman (Goal/object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्तर्धान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; object with ‘आगतः’ in sense ‘went into’

• आगतः: went, came (entered)
• आगतः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + गम् (धातु) → आगत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; finite sense ‘went/arrived’

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

• ब्रह्मलोके: in Brahmā’s world
• ब्रह्मलोके: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मलोक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (ब्रह्मणः लोकः), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• तु: but, indeed
• तु: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (particle), contrast/emphasis

• गता: went
• गता: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु) → गत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; agrees with सावित्री

• संस्थाप्य: having installed
• संस्थाप्य: Kriya (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + स्था (धातु)
• Form: ल्यप्/क्त्वान्त-समकक्ष अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वक्रिया; ‘having installed/established’

• शंकरम्: Śaṅkara
• शंकरम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शंकर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (addressing Devī: deveśi)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrīśvara installation site (Prabhāsa)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Deveśi)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A divine figure fades into light (antardhāna) before the Goddess; Sāvitrī stands beside a newly established Śaṅkara shrine/liṅga near a sacred pond; then she ascends toward Brahmaloka with a luminous path.

Characters & Entities

• Devī
• Sāvitrī
• Śaṅkara (Śiva)
• Brahmaloka
• Brahmā

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sites are validated through divine acts—installation of Śiva by exalted beings—linking geography with transcendent authority.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The Sāvitrīśvara/Śaṅkara establishment connected to Prabhāsakṣetra (Brahmakuṇḍa Māhātmya setting).

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

The verse implies pratiṣṭhā (establishment/installation) of Śiva, but gives no procedural ritual details.