Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 98

Devanagari script

सावित्रीं या समुद्दिश्य फलदानं करोति सा । फलसंख्याप्रमाणानि युगानि दिवि मोदते

Transliteration

sāvitrīṃ yā samuddiśya phaladānaṃ karoti sā | phalasaṃkhyāpramāṇāni yugāni divi modate

Translation

ผู้ใดถวายทานเป็นผลไม้โดยอุทิศแด่พระสาวิตรี ผู้นั้นย่อมเสวยสุขในสวรรค์เป็นกัลป์ยุกต์เท่าจำนวนผลไม้ที่ถวาย

Word by Word

• sāvitrīm: Sāvitrī (the deity/mantra)
• sāvitrīm: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sāvitrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (fem. acc. sg.)

• yā: she who
• yā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)

• samuddiśya: having invoked/aimed at
• samuddiśya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-ud-diś (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वक्रिया (having addressed/aimed at)

• phala-dānam: gift/charity of fruits (offerings)
• phala-dānam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक) + dāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (gift of fruits/result); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन (neut. acc. sg.)

• karoti: does; performs
• karoti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल/present), परस्मैपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg.)

• sā: she
• sā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन (fem. nom. sg.)

• phala-saṃkhyā-pramāṇāni: measured by the number of fruits
• phala-saṃkhyā-pramāṇāni: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: phala (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃkhyā (प्रातिपदिक) + pramāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative chain: 'having measure according to the number of fruits'); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (neut. nom./acc. pl.); विशेषण-रूपेण

• yugāni: yugas; ages
• yugāni: Karma (Extent/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yuga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, बहुवचन (neut. acc. pl.)

• divi: in heaven
• divi: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: div (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (fem. loc. sg.)

• modate: rejoices; enjoys
• modate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: mud (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमानकाल/present), आत्मनेपद; प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन (3rd sg.)

Speaker

Skanda (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee offers a basket of fruits with folded hands, mentally dedicating to Sāvitrī; above, celestial gardens and apsarases symbolize yuga-long heavenly enjoyment counted by the fruits.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even simple charity, when offered with devotional dedication (saṅkalpa) to the devī, becomes spiritually amplified and yields enduring merit.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The teaching belongs to Nāgarakhaṇḍa’s Tīrthamāhātmya, in the Sāvitrī/Chamatkārapura narrative frame.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Phala-dāna: donating fruits with the intention ‘for Sāvitrī’ (samuddiśya).