Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 142

Devanagari script

विश्वकर्मात्वनुज्ञातः शाकद्वीपे विवस्वता । भृ मिमारोप्य तत्तेजः शातनायोपचक्रमे

Transliteration

viśvakarmātvanujñātaḥ śākadvīpe vivasvatā | bhṛ mimāropya tattejaḥ śātanāyopacakrame

Translation

ویوسوان (سورج) کی اجازت سے، شاکَدویپ میں وشوکرما نے سورج کو گھمانے والے آلے پر چڑھایا اور اُس کی دہکتی ہوئی تَیجسوی توانائی کم کرنے کا عمل شروع کیا۔

Word by Word

• viśvakarmā: Viśvakarmā
• viśvakarmā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśvakarman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• tu: but; indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (contrast/emphasis)

• anujñātaḥ: having been permitted; authorized
• anujñātaḥ: Karta (Subject-Qualifier/कर्तृविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anu-√jñā (ज्ञा) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle)

• śākadvīpe: in Śākadvīpa
• śākadvīpe: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śāka-dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक; śāka + dvīpa)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (शाकस्य द्वीपः)

• vivasvatā: by Vivasvān (the Sun)
• vivasvatā: Karana/Agent (Instrumental/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vivasvat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• bhṛ: (unclear/possibly an intensifier)
• bhṛ: Sambandha (Unclear/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: bhṛ (अव्यय/धात्वादेश)
• Form: अव्यय; पाठभेद/अस्पष्ट-रूपम्—सम्भाव्यं ‘भूः/भृशम्/भृगु’ इत्यादि; अत्र अर्थतः क्रियाविशेषणवत् (uncertain reading)

• mimāropya: having mounted/placed (upon)
• mimāropya: Purvakala (Prior action/पूर्वकाल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: sam-√ruh/√rop (रोप्) + ल्यप् (कृदन्त)
• Form: अव्ययीभाववत्; ल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive) — ‘having mounted/placed’

• tat-tejaḥ: that radiance; that brilliance
• tat-tejaḥ: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad-tejas (प्रातिपदिक; tad + tejas)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (तस्य तेजः)

• śātanāya: for reduction; for cutting down
• śātanāya: Prayojana (Purpose/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śātana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; प्रयोजनार्थे (for the purpose of cutting down/diminishing)

• upacakrame: began; set about
• upacakrame: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-√kram (क्रम्)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; आत्मनेपद

Speaker

Narrator

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra (narrative backdrop)

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Devī (Pārvatī)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarman, authorized by Vivasvān, mounts the Sun on a rotating apparatus and begins reducing the unbearable blaze—an image of cosmic metallurgy.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarman
• Vivasvān (Sūrya)
• Śākadvīpa

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even divine brilliance is regulated for the protection of creation; restraint is a form of compassion in dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

While the action occurs in Śākadvīpa, it is narrated within Prabhāsa-kṣetra Māhātmya, linking cosmic events to the sanctity of the Prabhāsa tradition.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

No pilgrim-ritual is prescribed; the verse describes a cosmic act of moderation.