Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

सावित्र्युवाच । सर्वदेववृतस्तात तव तातो व्यवस्थितः । एकाकिनी कथं तत्र गच्छाम्यहमनाथवत्

Transliteration

sāvitryuvāca | sarvadevavṛtastāta tava tāto vyavasthitaḥ | ekākinī kathaṃ tatra gacchāmyahamanāthavat

Translation

สาวิตรีกล่าวว่า “ท่านผู้เป็นที่รัก บิดาของท่านประทับอยู่ที่นั่นท่ามกลางเหล่าเทพทั้งปวงรายล้อม แล้วข้าพเจ้าจะไปที่นั่นเพียงลำพังได้อย่างไร ราวกับผู้ไร้ที่พึ่ง?”

Word by Word

• सावित्री: Sāvitrī
• सावित्री: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• उवाच: said
• उवाच: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वदेववृतः: surrounded by all the gods
• सर्वदेववृतः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वदेव + वृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक); सर्व + देव (समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) √वृ 'to cover/surround' = 'surrounded by'; विशेषण (तातः)

• तात: O dear/father
• तात: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• तव: your
• तव: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; सम्बन्धे

• तातः: father
• तातः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• व्यवस्थितः: is stationed, stands firm
• व्यवस्थितः: Karta (Subject-complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; भूतकृदन्त (क्त) = 'stationed/standing firm'; विशेषण (तातः)

• एकाकिनी: alone (female)
• एकाकिनी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकाकिनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; विशेषण (अहम्)

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (प्रश्नार्थक क्रियाविशेषण)

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (देशवाचक) = 'there'

• गच्छामि: I go
• गच्छामि: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान/Present), उत्तमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• अनाथवत्: like one without protection
• अनाथवत्: Prakara (Manner/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनाथ (प्रातिपदिक) + वत् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (उपमानार्थक) = 'like/as if (one) without protector'

Speaker

Sāvitrī

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Addressed to her companion (implied interlocutor in the preceding verses)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sāvitrī speaks with gentle anxiety, gesturing toward a distant circle of gods around her father; she appears alone, expressing reluctance to enter unsupported.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Approaching sacred assemblies requires propriety and support; dharma includes both devotion and correct social-spiritual conduct.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage sits in a Tīrthamāhātmya setting, but this verse itself is narrative dialogue without an explicit tīrtha-name.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, it highlights the wife’s participation in yajña, but no specific rite is prescribed in this line.