Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 3

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मणा यष्टुकामेन सावित्री सहधर्मिणी । कृता तां बलतो ज्ञात्वा गायत्रीं कोपमाविशत्

Transliteration

brahmaṇā yaṣṭukāmena sāvitrī sahadharmiṇī | kṛtā tāṃ balato jñātvā gāyatrīṃ kopamāviśat

Translation

当梵天欲行祭祀而迎娶萨维特丽为正法之配时，伽耶特丽知其乃被迫而成，遂怒火顿起。

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मणा: by Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणा: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• यष्टुकामेन: desiring to perform a sacrifice
• यष्टुकामेन: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: यज् (धातु) + तुमुन् (कृदन्त) + काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; समासः—यष्टुं कामः यस्य (desiring to sacrifice)

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

• सहधर्मिणी: his lawful consort
• सहधर्मिणी: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सह + धर्मिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—सह धर्मः यस्याः (lawful consort/partner in dharma)

• कृता: was made/appointed
• कृता: Kriya (Predicative/क्रियाविशेषण-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘made/created’

• ताम्: her
• ताम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• बलतः: forcibly
• बलतः: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: बलतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: forcibly)

• ज्ञात्वा: having known
• ज्ञात्वा: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वान्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive): ‘having known’

• गायत्रीम्: Gāyatrī
• गायत्रीम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गायत्री (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• कोपम्: anger
• कोपम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कोप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• आविशत्: entered; became possessed of
• आविशत्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-विश् (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Śrī Devī (as questioner appears later) / assembled interlocutors of the māhātmya

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Brahmā prepares for yajña; Sāvitrī stands as dharma-patnī; Gāyatrī, realizing coercion, flares with controlled divine anger—an inner blaze against a ritual backdrop.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Sāvitrī
• Gāyatrī
• Yajña (sacrifice)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Purāṇic sacred geography is anchored in moral narrative: dharma in ritual life (yajña) and the consequences of coercion are highlighted.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The passage sets the narrative foundation for the Sāvitrī tirtha within Prabhāsakṣetra.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct prescription in this verse; it introduces a yajña-centered backstory that explains later sanctity and observances.