Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 34

Devanagari script

एवमाश्वासयामास बलिनं भृगुनंदनः । तपस्तताप विविधं दैत्यानां सिद्धिदायकम्

Transliteration

evamāśvāsayāmāsa balinaṃ bhṛgunaṃdanaḥ | tapastatāpa vividhaṃ daityānāṃ siddhidāyakam

Translation

So tröstete der Sohn Bhṛgus (Śukra) Bali. Dann übte er vielfältige Askesen—Übungen, die den Daityas Erfolg und Vollendung verleihen.

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (Adverbial modifier/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण/adverb): ‘एवं/thus’

• आश्वासयामास: comforted, reassured
• आश्वासयामास: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√श्वस् (धातु) + णिच् (causative)
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद/perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); णिजन्त (causative): ‘caused to be comforted/comforted’

• बलिनम्: Bali (the mighty one)
• बलिनम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बलिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• भृगुनन्दनः: son of Bhṛgu
• भृगुनन्दनः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक) + नन्दन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘भृगोः नन्दनः’

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular)

• तताप: performed austerity, practiced penance
• तताप: Kriyā (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √तप् (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); परस्मैपद

• विविधम्: various, manifold
• विविधम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (qualifier) of ‘तपः’

• दैत्यानाम्: of the Daityas (demons)
• दैत्यानाम्: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (Genitive relation/षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (genitive/6th), बहुवचन (plural)

• सिद्धिदायकम्: granting success/accomplishment
• सिद्धिदायकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सिद्धि (प्रातिपदिक) + दायक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन (singular); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘सिद्धेः दायकम्’; विशेषण of ‘तपः’

Speaker

Lomāśa (narrator)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: Ṛṣis (pilgrimage-inquirers)

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Śukra, son of Bhṛgu, stands beside Bali, offering reassurance; behind them a secluded austerity-grove with fire-altars, matted locks, and signs of severe tapas—sun, wind, and stillness—suggesting the forging of daitya-siddhi.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Śukra
• Bhṛgu
• Daityas

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even amid conflict, counsel and inner discipline matter—tapas is portrayed as a potent means to gain strength and accomplishment.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No individual tīrtha is named in this verse; it sits within Kedārakhaṇḍa’s larger Kedāra-centered sacred context.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

A general prescription of performing tapas (austerity) is indicated, without a specific vrata or rite detailed.