Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 7

Devanagari script

पर्याये तस्य राजाभूद्बलिर्वर्षार्बुदं पुनः

Transliteration

paryāye tasya rājābhūdbalirvarṣārbudaṃ punaḥ

Translation

In seiner Nachfolge wurde König Bali erneut Herrscher, und zwar für die Dauer eines Krore an Jahren.

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.