Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

एवमस्त्विति सावित्री प्रोच्य तस्माद्विनिर्ययौ । तपोवनानि रम्याणि राजर्षीणां जगाम सा

Transliteration

evamastviti sāvitrī procya tasmādviniryayau | tapovanāni ramyāṇi rājarṣīṇāṃ jagāma sā

Translation

ສາວິຕຣີຕອບວ່າ “ເປັນດັ່ງນັ້ນເຖີດ” ແລ້ວນາງກໍອອກຈາກທີ່ນັ້ນ. ນາງໄປຫາປ່າຕະປະສະອັນງາມ ແຫ່ງອາສຣົມຂອງຣາຊະຣິສີທັງຫຼາຍ.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारार्थक — 'thus'

• अस्तु: let it be
• अस्तु: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'let it be'

• इति: thus (quoting)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative marker/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/वाक्यसमाप्तिसूचक अव्यय — 'thus/so (quotative)'

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

• प्रोच्य: having said
• प्रोच्य: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund) — 'having said'

• तस्मात्: from there
• तस्मात्: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन — 'from there/from that'

• विनिर्ययौ: departed/went out
• विनिर्ययौ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + निर् + या (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'went out/departed'

• तपोवनानि: forests of penance (hermitages)
• तपोवनानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् + वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — 'forests of austerity (hermitages)'

• रम्याणि: beautiful
• रम्याणि: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन — 'beautiful' (तपोवनानि-विशेषण)

• राजर्षीणाम्: of royal sages
• राजर्षीणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् + ऋषि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन — 'of royal sages'

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन — 'went'

• सा: she
• सा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — 'she'

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic narrator within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya context)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (contextual)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī departs a royal setting and walks toward serene tapovana groves—leafy hermitages, deer, ascetics, and sacrificial smoke in the distance.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Rājarṣis
• Tapovana

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Obedience to righteous counsel and turning toward sādhus and tapovana culture supports dharmic life choices.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The larger glorification remains Prabhāsakṣetra; this verse additionally evokes the sanctity of tapovanas associated with rājarṣis.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No specific ritual is detailed; it describes a dharmic departure toward ascetic hermitages as part of the narrative progression.