Skanda Purana — Mahesvara Khanda, Shloka 145

Devanagari script

आवासः क्रियतामत्र क्रियतामत्र असुरैर्म्मम सन्निधौ । हित्वा पातालमद्यैव मा विलंबितुमर्हथ

Transliteration

āvāsaḥ kriyatāmatra kriyatāmatra asurairmmama sannidhau | hitvā pātālamadyaiva mā vilaṃbitumarhatha

Translation

Es sollen hier Wohnstätten errichtet werden—ja, hier selbst—von den Asuras in meiner eigenen Gegenwart. Verlasst Pātāla noch heute; ihr dürft nicht zögern.

Word by Word

• आवासः: dwelling / residence
• आवासः: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आवास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन (singular)

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be made
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; ‘let it be made’

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb: here)

• क्रियताम्: let (it) be made
• क्रियताम्: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive); प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• अत्र: here
• अत्र: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: देशवाचक-अव्यय (locative adverb)

• असुरैः: by the asuras
• असुरैः: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन; कर्तृवाचक-करण (agent in passive)

• मम: my
• मम: Sambandha (Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun); षष्ठी (6th/genitive), एकवचन

• सन्निधौ: in (my) presence
• सन्निधौ: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सन्निधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• हित्वा: having abandoned
• हित्वा: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हा (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund)

• पातालम्: Pātāla (netherworld)
• पातालम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाताल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• अद्य: today / now
• अद्य: Adhikarana (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb: today/now)

• एव: indeed / at once
• एव: Sambandha (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक-अव्यय (restrictive particle)

• मा: do not
• मा: Sambandha (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: मा (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)

• विलम्बितुम्: to delay
• विलम्बितुम्: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि + लम्ब् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्यय (infinitive), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal)

• अर्हथ: you should / you are fit (to)
• अर्हथ: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अर्ह् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), परस्मैपद; मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), बहुवचन (plural)

Speaker

Bali (deduced from immediate narrative: he addresses Chaṇḍa and Amarka/daityas)

Skanda Dialogue

Listener: General audience within the kathā

Visual Art Cues

Scene: Bali issues a decisive order in court: build residences immediately in his presence; abandon Pātāla today without delay—ministers and asuras ready to mobilize.

Characters & Entities

• Bali
• Asura
• Pātāla

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Attachment to territory and power drives decisive action; Purāṇic ethics later evaluate such ambition through dharma.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

No; the verse concerns relocation from Pātāla and does not praise a tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; it is an instruction/command, not a rite.