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Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 4

रविलोकात्कथं सूर्यो धरायामवतारितः । एतत्सर्वं प्रयत्नेन कथयस्व प्रसादतः

ravilokātkathaṃ sūryo dharāyāmavatāritaḥ | etatsarvaṃ prayatnena kathayasva prasādataḥ

Wie wurde Sūrya aus der Sonnenwelt zur Erde herabgebracht? Berichte dies alles sorgfältig und in Gnade.

रविलोकात्from the sun-world
रविलोकात्:
Apadana (Source/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootरवि (प्रातिपदिक) + लोक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष-समास (रवेः लोकः = sun-world)
कथम्how
कथम्:
Prashna (Interrogative/प्रश्न)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootकथम् (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक
सूर्यःthe Sun
सूर्यः:
Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootसूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन
धरायाम्on the earth
धरायाम्:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootधरा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन
अवतारितःbrought down, made to descend
अवतारितः:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeAdjective
Rootअव√तॄ (धातु) → अवतारित (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकृदन्त (क्त); पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे कर्तृस्थानी विशेषण (brought down)
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण (एतत्-विशेषण)
प्रयत्नेनwith effort
प्रयत्नेन:
Karana (Instrument/करण)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रयत्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन
कथयस्वtell
कथयस्व:
Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कथ् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपदम्
प्रसादतःkindly
प्रसादतः:
Hetu (Cause/हेतु)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formतसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb)

Yudhiṣṭhira (continuing)

Listener: Pitāmaha (elder/teacher)

Scene: A visionary tableau: the blazing Sun’s realm above, and Earth below; a symbolic ‘descent’ shown as a ray-path or chariot track connecting the two worlds, with sages witnessing the mystery.

S
Sūrya
R
Ravi-loka
D
Dharā (Earth)

FAQs

Purāṇic cosmology is taught as sacred history—meant to awaken reverence for divine order governing worlds.

No specific tīrtha is named in this line; the focus is on the Sun’s descent narrative.

None explicitly; the implied practice is attentive listening to purāṇic kathā.