Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 151

Devanagari script

सृष्टिं कृत्वा ततो ब्रह्मा कैलासे संस्थितो हरः । न शक्यते सुरैर्विष्णुर्भ्राम्यन्ते भुवनत्रये

Transliteration

sṛṣṭiṃ kṛtvā tato brahmā kailāse saṃsthito haraḥ | na śakyate surairviṣṇurbhrāmyante bhuvanatraye

Translation

Après l’œuvre de création, Brahmā (se retire) ; et Hara (Śiva) demeure au Kailāsa. Mais Viṣṇu ne peut être circonscrit par les dieux : il pénètre tout et se meut à travers les trois mondes.

Word by Word

• सृष्टिम्: creation
• सृष्टिम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Purvakala (Prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (absolutive/gerund)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adverbial (काल/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तरार्थक (then/thereafter)

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• कैलासे: on/in Kailāsa
• कैलासे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कैलास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; अधिकरणम्

• संस्थितः: abiding/established
• संस्थितः: Karta (as qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+स्था (धातु) → संस्थित (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त; ‘standing/abiding’

• हरः: Hara (Śiva)
• हरः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न: not
• न: Negation
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-निपात (negation)

• शक्यते: is possible / can be (done)
• शक्यते: Kriya (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शक् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive)

• सुरैः: by the gods
• सुरैः: Karta (Agent in passive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; कर्मणि-प्रयोगे कर्तृ-तृतीया

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karma (Patient in passive; logical object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• भ्राम्यन्ते: they wander/are bewildered
• भ्राम्यन्ते: Kriya (Predicate verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; आत्मनेपदम्

• भुवनत्रये: in the three worlds
• भुवनत्रये: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुवन + त्रय (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (त्रीणि भुवनानि)

Speaker

Vāmana

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: King (nṛpa)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A cosmic comparison: Brahmā after creation, Śiva stationed on Kailāsa, while Viṣṇu remains unbounded—pervading and traversing the three worlds, beyond the gods’ capacity to encompass.

Characters & Entities

• Brahmā
• Hara (Śiva)
• Kailāsa
• Viṣṇu
• Three worlds (bhuvanatraya)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine functions may appear localized, but the sustaining Lord is all-pervading; dharma rests on that pervasive support.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The immediate site-frame is Vastrāpatha-kṣetra in Prabhāsa; Kailāsa is referenced as Śiva’s abode within the theological explanation.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse.