Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 3
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच । पद्मा पद्मासनस्थेनाधिष्ठिता पद्मयोगिनी । सावित्रतेजःसदृशी सावित्री तेन चोच्यते
śrīmārkaṇḍeya uvāca | padmā padmāsanasthenādhiṣṭhitā padmayoginī | sāvitratejaḥsadṛśī sāvitrī tena cocyate
श्रीमार्कण्डेय उवाच—सा पद्मा; पद्मासनस्थेनाधिष्ठिता पद्मयोगिनी। सावित्रतेजःसदृशी तस्मात् सा सावित्रीति कथ्यते।
Śrī Mārkaṇḍeya
Listener: Yudhiṣṭhira
Scene: Mārkaṇḍeya defines Sāvitrī as Padmā/Padmayoginī, connected to Brahmā on the lotus and shining like Savitṛ; visual emphasis on lotus-seat, lotus aura, and solar radiance.
FAQs
It links tīrtha-devatā worship to Vedic radiance: Sāvitrī embodies Savitṛ’s light and the lotus-born cosmic order.
Sāvitrī-tīrtha (introduced at the start of Adhyāya 200), where her siddhi is celebrated.
No direct prescription here; it defines Sāvitrī’s nature to ground subsequent worship.