Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 201

Devanagari script

यक्षविद्याधराणां च तानि चक्रे स विश्वकृत् । ततः षोडशमं भागं बिभर्त्ति भगवान्रविः । तत्तेजो रविभागश्च खस्थो विचरति प्रिये

Transliteration

yakṣavidyādharāṇāṃ ca tāni cakre sa viśvakṛt | tataḥ ṣoḍaśamaṃ bhāgaṃ bibhartti bhagavānraviḥ | tattejo ravibhāgaśca khastho vicarati priye

Translation

Ngài, bậc thợ cả của vũ trụ, cũng làm những vật ấy cho Yakṣa và Vidyādhara. Rồi về sau, đức Ravi (Mặt Trời) mang lấy một phần mười sáu của hào quang ấy; và ánh sáng đó—phần của Ravi—du hành giữa hư không, hỡi người yêu dấu.

Word by Word

• yakṣa-vidyā-dharāṇām: of the Yakṣa-vidyādharas
• yakṣa-vidyā-dharāṇām: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + vidyā (प्रातिपदिक) + dhara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), बहुवचन (Plural), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — ‘yakṣa-vidyā-dhara’ इति तत्पुरुषसमासस्य षष्ठीबहुवचनम्

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• tāni: those (things/beings)
• tāni: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), बहुवचन (Plural), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter)

• cakre: made/created
• cakre: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• viśvakṛt: the maker of the universe
• viśvakṛt: Karta (Subject complement/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśva (प्रातिपदिक) + kṛt (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — ‘viśva-kṛt’ (विश्वस्य कर्ता)

• tataḥ: then/thereafter
• tataḥ: Adverbial (काल/क्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: काल/क्रमवाचक अव्यय (adverb: thereafter/from that)

• ṣoḍaśamam: sixteenth
• ṣoḍaśamam: Karma (Object qualifier/कर्म-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ṣoḍaśama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — ‘bhāgam’ इति विशेषणम्

• bhāgam: portion/share
• bhāgam: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• bibharti: bears/holds
• bibharti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhṛ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• bhagavān: the Lord
• bhagavān: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• raviḥ: the Sun
• raviḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine)

• tat-tejaḥ: that radiance
• tat-tejaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + tejas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter) — ‘tat-tejas’ (तत् एव तेजः)

• ravi-bhāgaḥ: the Sun’s portion
• ravi-bhāgaḥ: Karta (Co-subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ravi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — ‘raveḥ bhāgaḥ’

• ca: and
• ca: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• kha-sthaḥ: situated in the sky
• kha-sthaḥ: Karta (Subject qualifier/कर्ता-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kha (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine) — ‘khe sthitaḥ’

• vicarati: moves about
• vicarati: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: car (धातु) + vi (उपसर्ग)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• priye: O dear one
• priye: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: priya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संबोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) narrating (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: priye (addressed as ‘O beloved’ within the verse)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Viśvakṛt fashions ornaments/weapons for Yakṣas and Vidyādharas; above, Sūrya bears a ‘sixteenth portion’ of tejas, moving across the sky in a controlled, beneficent blaze.

Characters & Entities

• Viśvakarman (Viśvakṛt)
• Yakṣas
• Vidyādharas
• Ravi (Sun)

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even cosmic brilliance is regulated and apportioned for the welfare of beings—divine power is tempered into a form the world can bear.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsakṣetra, whose māhātmya frames this cosmological account.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None directly; the verse explains a doctrinal/cosmological transformation of solar radiance.