Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 199

Devanagari script

तेन वै निर्मितं चक्रं विष्णोः शूलं हरस्य च । महाप्रभं महाकायं शिबिका धनदस्य च

Transliteration

tena vai nirmitaṃ cakraṃ viṣṇoḥ śūlaṃ harasya ca | mahāprabhaṃ mahākāyaṃ śibikā dhanadasya ca

Translation

اسی نے وِشنو کا چکر اور ہَر (شیو) کا شُول بنایا؛ اور دھنَد (کُبیر) کی نہایت درخشاں، عظیم الجثہ شِبِکا (پالکی) بھی اسی کی بنائی ہوئی تھی۔

Word by Word

• tena: by that/with that
• tena: Karaṇa (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया, एकवचन; Instrumental singular

• vai: indeed
• vai: Avyaya (Particle/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक/उपपद (indeed, surely)

• nirmitam: made, constructed
• nirmitam: Kriyā (Predicative/क्रियासमाना)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nir-√mā (धातु) + -ta (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; past passive participle

• cakram: discus, wheel
• cakram: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cakra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; here Nominative singular (item made)

• viṣṇoḥ: of Viṣṇu
• viṣṇoḥ: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viṣṇu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• śūlam: trident/spear
• śūlam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śūla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; Nominative singular (item made)

• harasya: of Hara (Śiva)
• harasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• mahā-prabham: very splendid, greatly radiant
• mahā-prabham: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + prabha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with śibikā

• mahā-kāyam: huge-bodied, very large
• mahā-kāyam: Viśeṣaṇa (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mahā (प्रातिपदिक) + kāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with śibikā

• śibikā: palanquin
• śibikā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śibikā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; Nominative singular

• dhanadasya: of Dhanada (Kubera)
• dhanadasya: Sambandha (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dhanada (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; Genitive singular

• ca: and
• ca: Avyaya (Conjunction/अvyaya)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced from Purāṇic māhātmya style within Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakarmā-like divine artisan (implied by context) forging Sudarśana-cakra and triśūla in a radiant workshop; nearby, Kubera’s grand palanquin takes shape, studded and massive.

Characters & Entities

• Viṣṇu
• Hara (Śiva)
• Dhanada (Kubera)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Divine order is upheld through sacred instruments—symbols of protection and dharma—whose origins are remembered in tīrtha-māhātmya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra (Prabhāsa), within the Prabhāsa-khaṇḍa’s Prabhāsakṣetra-māhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it is descriptive, highlighting divine objects and their maker.