Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 95

Devanagari script

अथ सावित्रीकल्पज्ञे सावित्र्याख्यानवाचके । दैवज्ञे ह्युञ्छवृत्तिस्थे दरिद्रे चाग्निहोत्रिणि

Transliteration

atha sāvitrīkalpajñe sāvitryākhyānavācake | daivajñe hyuñchavṛttisthe daridre cāgnihotriṇi

Translation

پھر ساوتری-کلپ کے جاننے والے، ساوتری کے مقدس بیان کے قاری، عالم نجومی، اُنجھ ورتّی سے گزر بسر کرنے والے، ایک غریب اور اگنی ہوتری (مقدس آگ کے قائم رکھنے والے) کو (طلب کرے)۔

Word by Word

• अथ: then
• अथ: Sambandha (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; आरम्भार्थक/अनन्तरार्थक (then/now)

• सावित्रीकल्पज्ञे: in/with the knower of the Sāvitrī-ritual
• सावित्रीकल्पज्ञे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री + कल्प + ज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular); समासः—सावित्र्याः कल्पं जानाति इति (knower of Sāvitrī-ritual procedure)

• सावित्र्याख्यानवाचके: in/with the reciter of Sāvitrī’s tale
• सावित्र्याख्यानवाचके: Adhikaraṇa (Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सावित्री + आख्यान + वाचक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular); समासः—सावित्र्याः आख्यानं वाचयति इति (reciter of Sāvitrī’s story)

• दैवज्ञे: in/with the astrologer/diviner
• दैवज्ञे: Adhikaraṇa (Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha (Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed/for)

• उञ्छवृत्तिस्थे: in/with one who lives by gleaning
• उञ्छवृत्तिस्थे: Adhikaraṇa (Context)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उञ्छवृत्ति + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular); समासः—उञ्छवृत्तौ स्थितः (one living by gleaning)

• दरिद्रे: in/with a poor man
• दरिद्रे: Adhikaraṇa (Context)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दरिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• अग्निहोत्रिणि: in/with one who maintains the Agnihotra
• अग्निहोत्रिणि: Adhikaraṇa (Context)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्निहोत्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सप्तमी विभक्ति; एकवचन (Masculine, Locative, Singular)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Sāvitrī-vrata context)

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A devotee respectfully approaches a small assembly: a kalpa-knower and kathā-reciter seated with manuscripts, a jyotiṣi with almanac, an uñchavṛtti ascetic with a modest bundle of grains, a poor man receiving alms, and an agnihotrin beside a small sacred fire.

Characters & Entities

• Sāvitrī
• Agnihotra

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Dharma is strengthened by honoring sacred knowledge and supporting austere, needy, and fire-ritual maintaining households.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa Kṣetra, specifically the observance connected with Sāvitrī-sthala.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Selection/invitation of qualified persons—ritual experts, narrators, and pious householders (including Agnihotrins)—as recipients/participants in the rite.