Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

तक्षकः सूर्यबिंबस्य तेजसः शातनो महान् । एवं तस्याऽभवत्पुत्रो वसूनामष्टमस्य वै

Transliteration

takṣakaḥ sūryabiṃbasya tejasaḥ śātano mahān | evaṃ tasyā'bhavatputro vasūnāmaṣṭamasya vai

Translation

Jener große Takṣaka war ein mächtiger Milderer, der die glühende Strahlkraft der Sonnenscheibe zügelte. So wurde von ihm ein Sohn geboren, wahrlich der achte unter den Vasus.

Word by Word

• तक्षकः: Takṣaka / the artisan
• तक्षकः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तक्षक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सूर्य-बिम्बस्य: of the sun-disc
• सूर्य-बिम्बस्य: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + बिम्ब (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• तेजसः: of the radiance
• तेजसः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• शातनः: the cutter/one who fashions (lit. splitter)
• शातनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (तक्षकः) समानाधिकरणम्

• महान्: great
• महान्: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (तक्षकः/शातनः)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारार्थक (thus, in this way)

• तस्याः: of her
• तस्याः: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• अभवत्: was/became
• अभवत्: Kriyā (Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपद

• पुत्रः: son
• पुत्रः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• वसूनाम्: of the Vasus
• वसूनाम्: Sambandha (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वसु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, बहुवचन

• अष्टमस्य: of the eighth
• अष्टमस्य: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्टम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (वसूनाम्/प्रभासस्य)

• वै: indeed
• वै: Nipāta (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निश्चयार्थक-अव्यय (indeed)

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra / Prabhāseśvara

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Takṣaka as a mighty cosmic artisan/agent stands before the blazing sun-disc, placing a symbolic ‘veil’ or ‘cooling band’ to diminish its fierce radiance; from this lineage arises Prabhāsa as the eighth Vasu.

Characters & Entities

• Takṣaka
• Sūrya
• Vasus

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine functions—including the balancing of cosmic powers like solar radiance—are portrayed as purposeful roles within dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to Prabhāsa Kṣetra’s Prabhāseśvara Māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is given here; it continues the sacred explanatory lineage.