Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 64

Devanagari script

विश्वकर्मवचः श्रुत्वा भगवांस्त्रिपुरान्तकः । समारुरोह स्थलकं सह सर्वैर्महर्षिभिः

Transliteration

viśvakarmavacaḥ śrutvā bhagavāṃstripurāntakaḥ | samāruroha sthalakaṃ saha sarvairmaharṣibhiḥ

Translation

विश्वकर्मवचः श्रुत्वा भगवान् त्रिपुरान्तकः। समारुरोह स्थलकं सह सर्वैर्महर्षिभिः॥

Word by Word

• विश्वकर्मवचः: Viśvakarman's words
• विश्वकर्मवचः: Karma (Object of gerund/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विश्वकर्मन् + वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (विश्वकर्मणः वचः)

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √श्रु (धातु) + क्त्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्यय (absolutive/gerund); पूर्वकालिक क्रिया

• भगवान्: the Blessed Lord
• भगवान्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भगवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• त्रिपुरान्तकः: Tripurāntaka (destroyer of Tripura)
• त्रिपुरान्तकः: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिपुर + अन्तक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (त्रिपुरस्य अन्तकः)

• समारुरोह: ascended
• समारुरोह: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ√रुह् (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• स्थलकम्: platform/ground
• स्थलकम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्थलक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (कर्म), एकवचन

• सह: together with
• सह: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक उपसर्ग/निपात (with)

• सर्वैः: all
• सर्वैः: Visheshana (Adjectival/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण (महर्षिभिः)

• महर्षिभिः: with great sages
• महर्षिभिः: Sahartha (Accompaniment/सहार्थ)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (सह/करण), बहुवचन

Speaker

Īśvara (Śiva) (contextual narration within Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Sthalaka

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Tripurāntaka Śiva, after hearing Viśvakarman, ascends the raised terrace/ground of Sthalaka accompanied by a retinue of great sages, forming a solemn procession toward the newly made city.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarman
• Tripurāntaka (Śiva)
• Maharṣis

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine presence is established and revealed through dharmic counsel and the guidance of sacred beings, making the kṣetra worthy of reverence.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Sthalaka within Prabhāsa-kṣetra, where Śiva as Tripurāntaka is described as arriving/ascending with sages.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is stated here; the verse sets the narrative for the site’s sanctification.