Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 194

Devanagari script

तेजसः शातनं चक्रे स्तूयमानस्य दैवतैः । देवं चक्रे समारोप्य भ्रामयामास सूत्रभृत्

Transliteration

tejasaḥ śātanaṃ cakre stūyamānasya daivataiḥ | devaṃ cakre samāropya bhrāmayāmāsa sūtrabhṛt

Translation

ദേവന്മാർ സ്തുതിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കെ വിശ്വകർമ്മാവ് ആ തേജസ്സിന്റെ ശാതനം (കുറയ്ക്കൽ) നടത്തി. ദേവനെ ചക്രത്തിൽ ഇരുത്തി, സൂത്രഭൃത്ത് അതിനെ ചുറ്റിച്ചു।

Word by Word

• तेजसः: of the radiance
• तेजसः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• शातनम्: diminution, reduction
• शातनम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शातन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चक्रे: did, performed
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• स्तूयमानस्य: of (him) being praised
• स्तूयमानस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्तु (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकृदन्त (Present passive participle/शानच्-प्राय), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• दैवतैः: by the deities
• दैवतैः: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैवत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• देवम्: the god (Sun)
• देवम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चक्रे: made, fashioned
• चक्रे: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

• समारोप्य: having mounted/placed (him)
• समारोप्य: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-रुह् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (Absolutive/Gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable)

• भ्रामयामास: caused to revolve, made (him) whirl
• भ्रामयामास: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्रम् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Periphrastic perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद; णिच् (causative) भावः

• सूत्रभृत्: the thread-holder (Viśvakarmā)
• सूत्रभृत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भृत् (भृ धातु, कृत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘सूत्रं बिभर्ति’)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Devas chant hymns as Viśvakarmā mounts Sūrya upon a spinning wheel; the wheel turns like a cosmic lathe while radiance is carefully reduced.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmā
• Sūrya (implied)
• Devas
• Cakra (wheel)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Power must be moderated by wisdom—tejas becomes beneficent when shaped for the good of all beings.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra frames this divine event, enhancing the site’s sanctity through cosmic myth.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse uses craft-metaphor (wheel and cord) to narrate divine regulation.