Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 193

Devanagari script

ततः कलकले तस्मिन्सर्वदेवसमागमे । संवत्सरं भ्रमस्थस्य विश्वकर्मा रवेस्ततः

Transliteration

tataḥ kalakale tasminsarvadevasamāgame | saṃvatsaraṃ bhramasthasya viśvakarmā ravestataḥ

Translation

त्यानंतर सर्व देवांच्या त्या कोलाहलमय समागमात, सतत भ्रमणशील रवि (सूर्य) याची सेवा विश्वकर्म्याने पूर्ण एक वर्ष केली।

Word by Word

• ततः: then
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अनन्तरार्थक

• कलकले: in the clamour
• कलकले: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कलकल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन; ‘कलकल’ (noise)

• तस्मिन्: in that
• तस्मिन्: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, सप्तमी, एकवचन (in that)

• सर्व-देव-समागमे: in the assembly of all the gods
• सर्व-देव-समागमे: Adhikaraṇa (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + समागम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘सर्वदेवानां समागमः’)

• संवत्सरम्: for a year
• संवत्सरम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन; कालावधि (duration)

• भ्रम-स्थस्य: of (him) who was in rotation/whirling
• भ्रम-स्थस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: भ्रम (प्रातिपदिक) + स्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘भ्रमे स्थितः’)

• विश्वकर्मा: Viśvakarmā
• विश्वकर्मा: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• रवेः: of the Sun
• रवेः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• ततः: then/from that (time)
• ततः: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपादान/क्रम (from there/thereafter)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating to the sages (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A tumultuous conclave of gods in a radiant sky-court; Viśvakarmā stands as divine artisan attending the moving Sun for a full year, suggesting prolonged, meticulous cosmic work.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarmā
• Ravi (Sūrya)
• Devas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even cosmic powers operate within dharmic order—divine brilliance is guided and regulated for the welfare of the worlds.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra, the setting for the gods’ assembly and the Sūrya-related episode.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No direct rite is prescribed; the verse introduces the mythic context for Sūrya’s tejas being tempered.