Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 106

Devanagari script

सावित्र्या इदमाख्यानं यः पठेच्छृणुयाच्च वा । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः सुखभागत्र जायते

Transliteration

sāvitryā idamākhyānaṃ yaḥ paṭhecchṛṇuyācca vā | sarvapāpavinirmuktaḥ sukhabhāgatra jāyate

Translation

സാവിത്രീദേവിയുടെ ഈ ആഖ്യാനം ആരെങ്കിലും പാരായണം ചെയ്യുകയോ ശ്രവിക്കുകയോ ചെയ്താൽ, അവൻ സർവ്വപാപങ്ങളിൽ നിന്നു വിമുക്തനായി ഈ ലോകത്തിൽ സുഖഭാഗിയായി ഭവിക്കും.

Word by Word

• सावित्र्याः: of Sāvitrī
• सावित्र्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Nominative/Accusative 1st/2nd), एकवचन

• आख्यानम्: narrative, account
• आख्यानम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आख्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन

• पठेत्: should read
• पठेत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• शृणुयात्: should listen
• शृणुयात्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Coordination/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (Conjunction)

• वा: or
• वा: Vikalpa (Alternative/विकल्प)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्प-अव्यय (Disjunctive particle)

• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व + पाप + विनिर्मुक्त (कृदन्त; वि-निर्+मुच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (Past passive participle), विशेषण

• सुखभागः: a sharer of happiness
• सुखभागः: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुख + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (predicate adjective)

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

• जायते: is born, arises
• जायते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Skanda (deduced; concluding phalaśruti)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sāvitrī (within Hāṭakeśvara-kṣetra context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A recitation setting: a learned narrator recites the Sāvitrī-ākhyāna to attentive listeners; the atmosphere is devotional and auspicious, suggesting inner purification through sound.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Devotional engagement with sacred narrative—through reading or hearing—purifies sin and supports well-being, linking bhakti with dharmic uplift.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage concludes the Sāvitrī-related tīrtha narrative in Nāgarakhaṇḍa, centered on the Chamatkārapura setting referenced just prior.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Pāṭha and śravaṇa: reading or hearing the Sāvitrī ākhyāna as a purificatory practice.