Skanda Purana — Brahma Khanda, Shloka 10

Devanagari script

कबंधे योजयामास विश्वकर्मातिचातुरः । दृष्ट्वा तं देवदेवेशं सुराः स्तुतिमकुर्वत

Transliteration

kabaṃdhe yojayāmāsa viśvakarmāticāturaḥ | dṛṣṭvā taṃ devadeveśaṃ surāḥ stutimakurvata

Translation

Le très habile Viśvakarmā l’unit au tronc. Voyant ce Seigneur, Dieu des dieux, les devas élevèrent des hymnes de louange.

Word by Word

• कबंधे: in/on the trunk
• कबंधे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कबंध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• योजयामास: joined/attached
• योजयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: युज् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; णिच्-प्रयोग (Causative stem: योजय-)

• विश्वकर्मा: Viśvakarmā
• विश्वकर्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अतिचातुरः: very skillful
• अतिचातुरः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अति + चातुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (of विश्वकर्मा)

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (Prior action/पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• देवदेवेशम्: the Lord of the gods
• देवदेवेशम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव + देव + ईश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• सुराः: the gods
• सुराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• स्तुतिम्: praise
• स्तुतिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्तुति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• अकुर्वत: made/offered
• अकुर्वत: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narrator

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarmā expertly joins the head to the trunk; the restored Devadeveśa stands radiant. Devas behold him and sing hymns, hands folded, flowers raining.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmā
• Devas
• Devadeveśa (Supreme Lord, contextually Viṣṇu/Hayagrīva)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

When the divine form manifests for the world’s welfare, the proper response is stuti—humble recognition of the Supreme.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No specific tīrtha is named in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

Implicitly, the practice of stuti (hymnic praise) as a devotional offering.