Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 13
यन्तारं च सुरज्येष्ठं वेदान्कृत्वा हयोत्तमान् । खलीनादिषु चाङ्गानि रश्मींश्छन्दांसि चाकरोत्
yantāraṃ ca surajyeṣṭhaṃ vedānkṛtvā hayottamān | khalīnādiṣu cāṅgāni raśmīṃśchandāṃsi cākarot
ព្រះអង្គបានតែងតាំងទេវតាអ្នកចាស់ជាងគេ ជាសារថី; ធ្វើសេះដ៏ល្អឥតខ្ចោះឲ្យជារូបនៃវេដៈ; បង្កើតខ្សែបង្ខំ និងគ្រឿងពាក់ព័ន្ធពីអង្គធាតុនៃរបៀបសក្ការៈ; ហើយធ្វើខ្សែបញ្ជារឲ្យជាចន្ទស៍ (ឆន្ទៈ) នៃវេដៈ។
Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) to the sages (deduced)
Tirtha: Revā-kṣetra (contextual)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Ṛṣi audience/pilgrims (contextual)
Scene: A chariot driven by the ‘eldest of gods’ as charioteer; the horses are personified Vedas, the reins are flowing chandas-metre ribbons, and the bridle parts are formed from sacred limbs/ordered components—an allegory of controlled spiritual motion.
FAQs
Dharma is driven by sacred knowledge: Veda and chandas are portrayed as the very forces that guide and restrain the cosmic journey.
The Revā Khaṇḍa framework sanctifies the Narmadā landscape, while this verse emphasizes the Vedic-sacral structure behind Śiva’s manifestation.
No explicit ritual is prescribed; the verse encodes Vedic categories as spiritual ‘equipment’ for divine action.