Skanda Purana — Avanti Khanda, Shloka 47

Devanagari script

बलादानय तं बद्ध्वा ममाग्रे बहुशालिनम्

Transliteration

balādānaya taṃ baddhvā mamāgre bahuśālinam

Translation

বলপ্রয়োগে তাকে ধরে বেঁধে, সেই মহাসম্পন্ন জনকে আমার সামনে নিয়ে এসো।

Word by Word

• बलात्: by force
• बलात्: Kriya-visheshana (Manner/रीति)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन; अव्ययीभाववत् प्रयोगः ‘बलात्’ = forcibly

• आनय: bring
• आनय: Kriya (Command/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (आज्ञार्थ/Imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• बद्ध्वा: having bound
• बद्ध्वा: Kriya (Subordinate action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: बन्ध् (धातु) → बद्ध्वा (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund); ‘having bound’ (पूर्वकालिक क्रिया)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• अग्रे: in front
• अग्रे: Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; ‘in front’

• बहुशालिनम्: very splendid/wealthy
• बहुशालिनम्: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बहु + शालिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; विशेषण; ‘बहु-शालिन्’ = possessing much (splendour/wealth)

Speaker

Tālamēgha (continuation of speech)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Messengers/guards rush out with ropes and shackles; the daitya leader’s command hangs in the air; the ‘endowed one’ remains off-frame, heightening suspense.

Characters & Entities

• Tālamēgha

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Adharma attempts to chain what it cannot understand; coercion is shown as the reflex of fear and arrogance.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

None is mentioned in this verse.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None.