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

سَوِتْر (سورج دیو) ہی پرم دیوتا ہے—دو بار جنم لینے والوں کے لیے وہی سب کچھ ہے۔ ویدوں اور ویدانگوں میں اسی کی ستوتی گائی گئی ہے؛ اس لیے تم بھی ہمیشہ اسی کی بھجن و پوجا کرو۔

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.