Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 46

Devanagari script

तेभ्यः समुत्थितं ज्योतिरेकीभूतं तदंबरे । कालमानेन युक्तं तद्भ्राम्ते रविमंडलम्

Transliteration

tebhyaḥ samutthitaṃ jyotirekībhūtaṃ tadaṃbare | kālamānena yuktaṃ tadbhrāmte ravimaṃḍalam

Translation

จากเทพทั้งสามนั้นได้บังเกิดรัศมีหนึ่ง รวมเป็นเปลวเดียวในนภา ครั้นประกอบด้วยมาตรแห่งกาลแล้ว ก็เวียนไปเป็นดวงสุริยะ

Word by Word

• तेभ्यः: from them
• तेभ्यः: Apadana (Source/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गः, पञ्चमी-विभक्तिः (5th/Ablative), बहुवचनम्

• समुत्थितम्: arisen/emerged
• समुत्थितम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-उत्-√स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; (ज्योतिः) विशेषणम्

• ज्योतिः: a light
• ज्योतिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्योतिस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• एकीभूतम्: become one/unified
• एकीभूतम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकी-√भू (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; (ज्योतिः) विशेषणम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; (ज्योतिः) निर्देशः

• अम्बरे: in the sky
• अम्बरे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अम्बर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, सप्तमी-विभक्तिः (7th/Locative), एकवचनम्

• कालमानेन: by the measure of time
• कालमानेन: Karana (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काल + मान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, तृतीया-विभक्तिः (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचनम्; तत्पुरुषः (कालस्य मानम्)

• युक्तम्: joined/connected
• युक्तम्: Visheshana (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √युज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्तः (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; (तत्) विशेषणम्

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, प्रथमा-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्

• भ्रामते: revolves/wanders
• भ्रामते: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भ्राम् (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकारः (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथम-पुरुषः, एकवचनम्

• रविमण्डलम्: the sun’s orb
• रविमण्डलम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रवि + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गः, द्वितीया-विभक्तिः, एकवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (रवेः मण्डलम्)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic voice within Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya; specific speaker not explicit in snippet)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Vastrāpatha-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A single column-like blaze condenses from the combined presence of the three and becomes the revolving solar orb, marking time across the sky.

Characters & Entities

• Ravi (Sun)
• Kāla (Time)
• Trimūrti (implicit)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

The many divine functions can manifest as one cosmic principle—light and time-order sustaining the world.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The cosmological description appears within the Vastrāpathakṣetra-māhātmya of Prabhāsa Khaṇḍa, a region famed for sacred solar and coastal tīrtha culture.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No explicit rite is mentioned; the verse provides cosmological imagery.