Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 29

Devanagari script

तृतीये विश्वकर्तेति बालरूपी चतुर्थके । एतानि मुख्यनामानि कथितानि स्वयंभुवः

Transliteration

tṛtīye viśvakarteti bālarūpī caturthake | etāni mukhyanāmāni kathitāni svayaṃbhuvaḥ

Translation

Au troisième kalpa, il est appelé Viśvakartṛ, le Façonneur de l’univers ; au quatrième, Bālarūpī, Celui à la forme juvénile. Tels sont proclamés les noms principaux de Svayaṃbhū (Brahmā).

Word by Word

• तृतीये: in the third
• तृतीये: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (locative singular: "in the third")

• विश्वकर्ता: the creator of the universe
• विश्वकर्ता: Karta (Name/apposition/कर्ता-समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्व + कर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: विश्वस्य कर्ता ("maker of the universe")

• इति: thus (called)
• इति: Sambandha (Quotative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण/समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle: "thus" marking name)

• बालरूपी: child-formed
• बालरूपी: Karta (Predicate adjective/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बाल + रूपिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कर्मधारय-भावार्थे): बालरूपः

• चतुर्थके: in the fourth (aeon)
• चतुर्थके: Adhikarana (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुर्थक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (locative singular: "in the fourth")

• एतानि: these
• एतानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन (these)

• मुख्यनामानि: principal names
• मुख्यनामानि: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख्य + नामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मधारयः ("principal" qualifying "names")

• कथितानि: have been stated
• कथितानि: Kriya (Predicate in passive sense/क्रिया)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कथ् (धातु) → कथित (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त/ppp), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-भाव ("have been told")

• स्वयंभुवः: of the Self-born (Brahmā)
• स्वयंभुवः: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वयंभू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन (genitive singular: "of Svayaṃbhū")

Speaker

Unspecified (Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya narrator addressing a female interlocutor)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: null

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Four-faced Brahmā shown as Viśvakartṛ shaping the cosmos (mandala/egg of universe), and as Bālarūpī—youthful, radiant—signifying cyclical renewal.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Viśvakartṛ
• Bālarūpī
• Kalpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The creator’s epithets reflect cosmic functions in different cycles, encouraging reverent remembrance of divine governance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The broader frame is Prabhāsa kṣetra’s māhātmya, though this verse itself is cosmological.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; it continues a doctrinal listing of sacred names.