Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 136

Devanagari script

तच्छ्रुत्वा भगवान्सूर्यो जगाम त्वष्टुरालयम् । ततः संपूजयामास तदा त्रैलोक्यपूजितम्

Transliteration

tacchrutvā bhagavānsūryo jagāma tvaṣṭurālayam | tataḥ saṃpūjayāmāsa tadā trailokyapūjitam

Translation

Als er dies hörte, begab sich der erhabene Sūrya zur Wohnstatt Tvaṣṭṛs; dort erwies er ihm die gebührende Verehrung—Tvaṣṭṛ, der in den drei Welten geehrt wird.

Word by Word

• तत्: that (news)
• तत्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; 'श्रुत्वा' का कर्म

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Pūrvakāla (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + ktvā (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), धातु: श्रु (to hear)

• भगवान्: the blessed/lordly
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of 'sūryaḥ')

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Karta (Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sūrya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: gam (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• त्वष्टुः: of Tvaṣṭṛ
• त्वष्टुः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tvaṣṭṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• आलयम्: to the abode
• आलयम्: Karma (Destination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ālaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; गत्यर्थकर्म (destination)

• ततः: then, thereafter
• ततः: Deśa/Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, अपादान/कालवाचक (from there/then)

• संपूजयामास: worshipped, honored
• संपूजयामास: Kriyā (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pūjaya (णिजन्त from pūj) (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; धातु: पूज् (to worship)

• तदा: at that time
• तदा: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, कालवाचक (temporal adverb)

• त्रैलोक्यपूजितम्: the one worshipped by the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यपूजितम्: Karma (Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: trailokya + pūjita (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; समास: त्रैलोक्येण पूजितम् (instrumental tatpuruṣa)

Speaker

Narrator (within the Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya storytelling)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Pilgrimage-inquirer audience within the Mahātmya frame

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Sūrya, radiant yet composed, arrives at Tvaṣṭṛ/Viśvakarman’s divine workshop-palace and offers formal honors; the artisan-deity is shown as ‘trilokya-pūjita’, surrounded by tools, yantras, and celestial attendants.

Characters & Entities

• Sūrya
• Tvaṣṭṛ
• Three worlds (trailokya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Respect for elders and divine progenitors is dharma; honoring the worthy restores auspicious order.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The section belongs to Prabhāsakṣetra Māhātmya, the praise of Prabhāsa as sacred geography in the Skanda Purana.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implied is pūjā (honoring/worship), but no specific vrata or tīrtha-ritual is detailed in this verse.