Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 199

Devanagari script

तेन वै निर्मितं चक्रं विष्णोः शूलं हरस्य च । महाप्रभं महाकायं शिबिका धनदस्य च

Transliteration

tena vai nirmitaṃ cakraṃ viṣṇoḥ śūlaṃ harasya ca | mahāprabhaṃ mahākāyaṃ śibikā dhanadasya ca

Translation

Durch ihn wurden Viṣṇus Diskus (cakra) und Haras (Śivas) Dreizack (śūla) geschaffen; ebenso auch die prächtige, gewaltige Sänfte (śibikā) des Dhanada (Kubera).

Word by Word

• tena: by that/with that
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• vai: indeed
• vai: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/उपपद (indeed, surely)

• nirmitam: made, constructed
• nirmitam: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रियासमाना)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-√mā (धातु) + -ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle

• cakram: discus, wheel
• cakram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here Nominative singular (item made)

• viṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• śūlam: trident/spear
• śūlam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Nominative singular (item made)

• harasya: of Hara (Śiva)
• harasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• mahā-prabham: very splendid, greatly radiant
• mahā-prabham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + prabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with śibikā

• mahā-kāyam: huge-bodied, very large
• mahā-kāyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with śibikā

• śibikā: palanquin
• śibikā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śibikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• dhanadasya: of Dhanada (Kubera)
• dhanadasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/अvyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya style within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarmā-like divine artisan (implied by context) forging Sudarśana-cakra and triśūla in a radiant workshop; nearby, Kubera’s grand palanquin takes shape, studded and massive.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Hara (Śiva)
• Dhanada (Kubera)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order is upheld through sacred instruments—symbols of protection and dharma—whose origins are remembered in tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is descriptive, highlighting divine objects and their maker.