Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 194
तेजसः शातनं चक्रे स्तूयमानस्य दैवतैः । देवं चक्रे समारोप्य भ्रामयामास सूत्रभृत्
tejasaḥ śātanaṃ cakre stūyamānasya daivataiḥ | devaṃ cakre samāropya bhrāmayāmāsa sūtrabhṛt
দেবগণের স্তবের মধ্যে বিশ্বকর্মা তাঁর তেজের ক্ষয়-ছেদন করলেন। দেবকে চক্রে আরোপ করে, সূত্রধারী তাঁকে ঘুরিয়ে দিলেন।
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra
Type: kshetra
Scene: Devas chant hymns as Viśvakarmā mounts Sūrya upon a spinning wheel; the wheel turns like a cosmic lathe while radiance is carefully reduced.
FAQs
Power must be moderated by wisdom—tejas becomes beneficent when shaped for the good of all beings.
Prabhāsa-kṣetra frames this divine event, enhancing the site’s sanctity through cosmic myth.
None directly; the verse uses craft-metaphor (wheel and cord) to narrate divine regulation.