Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पर्याये तस्य राजाभूद्बलिर्वर्षार्बुदं पुनः

Transliteration

paryāye tasya rājābhūdbalirvarṣārbudaṃ punaḥ

Translation

ومن بعده، تولّى الملكُ بالي (Bali) المُلكَ من جديد مدةَ كروْرٍ (crore) من السنين.

Word by Word

• paryāye: in (the) turn/period
• paryāye: Adhikaraṇa (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: paryāya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (Genitive/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (तद्-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• rājā: king
• rājā: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• abhūt: became/was
• abhūt: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लुङ् (Aorist), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• baliḥ: Bali
• baliḥ: Karta (Apposition/कर्ता-समानाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• varṣārbudam: a crore/ten-million of years (arbuda of years)
• varṣārbudam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: varṣa + arbuda (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (वर्षाणाम् अर्बुदम्)

• punaḥ: again
• punaḥ: Sambandha (Discourse/पुनरुक्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: punaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: पुनरावृत्तिवाचक अव्यय (adverb)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced from Purāṇic narration style within Māhātmya)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A genealogical transition: Bali is crowned after Hiraṇyakaśipu; scribes/ṛṣis mark immense time spans; the atmosphere conveys grandeur tempered by inevitability.

Characters & Entities

• Bali

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Worldly sovereignty is cyclical and time-bound; Purāṇic history frames kingship within dharma and cosmic time.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

Prabhāsa-kṣetra (Prabhāsapattana/Somnath region) within the Prabhāsakṣetramāhātmya.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None in this verse; it provides Purāṇic historical chronology.