Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 144

Devanagari script

सविता परमो देवः सर्वस्वं वा द्विजन्मनाम् । वेदवेदांगगीतश्च त्वमप्येनं सदा भज

Transliteration

savitā paramo devaḥ sarvasvaṃ vā dvijanmanām | vedavedāṃgagītaśca tvamapyenaṃ sadā bhaja

Translation

सविता परमो देवः, द्विजन्मनां सर्वस्वमेव। वेदवेदाङ्गगीतश्च; तस्मात् त्वमप्येनं सदा भज।

Word by Word

• savitā: Savitā (the Sun)
• savitā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: savitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘Savitā (Sun)’

• paramaḥ: supreme
• paramaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — विशेषणम् ‘देवः/सविता’

• devaḥ: god
• devaḥ: Karta (Subject complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — विधेयपदम्

• sarvasvam: everything, the whole treasure
• sarvasvam: Karta (Predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarvasva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘all/entire wealth (everything)’

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (Disjunction)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — विकल्पार्थ (or)

• dvijanmanām: of the twice-born
• dvijanmanām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvijanman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन — ‘of the twice-born (Brāhmaṇa etc.)’

• veda-veda-aṅga-gītaḥ: praised in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas
• veda-veda-aṅga-gītaḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: veda (प्रातिपदिक) + veda (प्रातिपदिक) + aṅga (प्रातिपदिक) + gīta (क्त-प्रत्यय, कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — द्वन्द्वसमासः; ‘sung in the Vedas and Vedāṅgas’; विशेषणम् ‘सविता’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयबोधक

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuṣmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन — ‘you’

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — समुच्चयार्थ (also)

• enam: him
• enam: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: enad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन — ‘him/this one’ (Savitā)

• sadā: always
• sadā: Adhikarana (Time/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय — कालवाचक (always)

• bhaja: worship
• bhaja: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhaj (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन — ‘worship/serve’

Speaker

Bāla

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A radiant Savitṛ rises at dawn; dvijas perform sandhyā with arghya and recitation, while a Bhāskara icon stands nearby, linking cosmic Sun with temple worship.

Characters & Entities

• Savitṛ (Sūrya)
• Veda
• Vedāṅga

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Puranic teaching aligns with Vedic praise: steady worship of Savitṛ sustains dharma and spiritual order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No single site is named in this verse; it reinforces the theological basis for Bhāskara worship within the tīrtha narrative.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general injunction: worship Savitṛ (the Sun) continually.