Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 90

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । एवं तत्र स्थिता देवी सावित्री पर्वता श्रया । अपमानं महत्प्राप्य सकाशात्स्वपतेस्तदा

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | evaṃ tatra sthitā devī sāvitrī parvatā śrayā | apamānaṃ mahatprāpya sakāśātsvapatestadā

Translation

สูตะกล่าวว่า: ดังนี้เทวีสาวิตรีได้อาศัยภูเขาเป็นที่พึ่ง และประทับอยู่ ณ ที่นั้น เพราะครานั้นนางได้รับความอัปยศใหญ่หลวง ณ เบื้องข้างพระสวามีของตน

Word by Word

• sūtaḥ: Sūta
• sūtaḥ: Karta (Speaker/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; वक्ता/कर्ता (Masculine nominative singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (Perfect, 3rd sg, active; said)

• evam: thus
• evam: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (indeclinable; thus)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (indeclinable; there)

• sthitā: situated, staying
• sthitā: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √sthā (धातु) + kta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (Past passive participle; feminine nominative singular; situated)

• devī: the goddess
• devī: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: devī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता (Feminine nominative singular)

• sāvitrī: Sāvitrī
• sāvitrī: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेष्य-सम्बन्ध/अप्पोजिशन (Feminine nominative singular; apposition to devī)

• parvata-āśrayā: taking refuge on the mountain
• parvata-āśrayā: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: parvata (प्रातिपदिक) + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (Feminine nominative singular; having the mountain as refuge/dwelling on the mountain)

• apamānam: insult, disrespect
• apamānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: apamāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्म (Neuter accusative singular; insult)

• mahat: great
• mahat: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (Neuter accusative singular; great)

• prāpya: having received
• prāpya: Kriya (Gerundial action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pra-√āp (धातु) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त, अव्यय)
• Form: क्त्वान्त/ल्यपन्त अव्यय (gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (absolutive; having obtained/received)

• sakāśāt: from (the presence of)
• sakāśāt: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sakāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/अव्ययीभाववत्, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अपादान (Ablative singular; from the presence of/from)

• sva-pateḥ: of her own husband
• sva-pateḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + pati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (Masculine genitive singular; of her own husband)

• tadā: then
• tadā: Avyaya (Adverbial/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (indeclinable; then)

Speaker

Sūta

Characters & Entities

• Sūta
• Sāvitrī (Devī)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred sites are often grounded in divine narratives: the Devī’s lived story becomes the source of a place’s sanctity and continuing grace.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

A mountain-based Sāvitrī-sthāna within Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya; the verse frames its mythic origin though it does not name the exact locality.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it transitions into the origin-story context for the tīrtha’s greatness.