Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 119

Devanagari script

कर्षुकाणां यथा सीता भूतानां धारिणी तथा । एवं स्तुवंतं सावित्री विष्णुं प्रोवाच सुव्रता

Transliteration

karṣukāṇāṃ yathā sītā bhūtānāṃ dhāriṇī tathā | evaṃ stuvaṃtaṃ sāvitrī viṣṇuṃ provāca suvratā

Translation

ఎలా దున్నేవారికి సీత (దున్ను రేఖ) ఉంటుందో, అలాగే ఆమె సమస్త భూతాలను ధారించే ధారిణి. ఈ విధంగా స్తుతిస్తున్న విష్ణువుతో సువ్రతా సావిత్రి పలికింది.

Word by Word

• कर्षुकाणाम्: of the ploughmen/farmers
• कर्षुकाणाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karṣuka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• यथा: as, just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमानवाचक (comparative particle)

• सीता: Sītā
• सीता: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sītā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• भूतानाम्: of beings
• भूतानाम्: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• धारिणी: supporter, sustainer
• धारिणी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhāriṇī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (धारयित्री)

• तथा: so, likewise
• तथा: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण

• स्तुवन्तम्: praising
• स्तुवन्तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: stu (धातु)
• Form: शतृ (present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (viṣṇum)

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

• विष्णुम्: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रोवाच: said, spoke forth
• प्रोवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सुव्रता: of good vows (virtuous)
• सुव्रता: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: su-vrata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सुन्दरं व्रतं यस्याः)

Speaker

Narrator (transition to Sāvitrī’s reply)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī is portrayed as the universal supporter; the simile of the furrow is visualized with a sacred field near the coast, while Viṣṇu stands praising her; she begins to speak, calm and vow-steady (suvratā).

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Viṣṇu
• Sītā (as ‘furrow’ imagery)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The Goddess is the sustaining ground of existence; sincere praise naturally leads to divine instruction and blessing.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra is the overarching sacred setting in which this dialogue and hymn-bearing merit are situated.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Stuti (praise) is the active practice shown; the verse introduces the forthcoming boon discourse.