Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 142
विश्वकर्मात्वनुज्ञातः शाकद्वीपे विवस्वता । भृ मिमारोप्य तत्तेजः शातनायोपचक्रमे
viśvakarmātvanujñātaḥ śākadvīpe vivasvatā | bhṛ mimāropya tattejaḥ śātanāyopacakrame
വിവസ്വാനായ സൂര്യന്റെ അനുമതി ലഭിച്ച വിശ്വകർമ്മ ശാകദ്വീപത്തിൽ സൂര്യനെ ഭ്രമണയന്ത്രത്തിൽ സ്ഥാപിച്ച്, ആ ദഹനതേജസ്സിനെ കുറയ്ക്കാനുള്ള പ്രവർത്തനം ആരംഭിച്ചു.
Narrator
Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative backdrop)
Type: kshetra
Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)
Scene: Viśvakarman, authorized by Vivasvān, mounts the Sun on a rotating apparatus and begins reducing the unbearable blaze—an image of cosmic metallurgy.
FAQs
Even divine brilliance is regulated for the protection of creation; restraint is a form of compassion in dharma.
While the action occurs in Śākadvīpa, it is narrated within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, linking cosmic events to the sanctity of the Prabhāsa tradition.
No pilgrim-ritual is prescribed; the verse describes a cosmic act of moderation.