Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 8

Devanagari script

षष्टिं चैव सहस्राणि त्रिंशच्च नियुतानि च । बले राज्याधिकारस्तु याव त्कालं बभूव ह

Transliteration

ṣaṣṭiṃ caiva sahasrāṇi triṃśacca niyutāni ca | bale rājyādhikārastu yāva tkālaṃ babhūva ha

Translation

Balis Herrschaftsrecht währte sechzigtausend und dreißig Niyutas — so lange, wahrlich, blieb seine Souveränität bestehen.

Word by Word

• ṣaṣṭim: sixty
• ṣaṣṭim: Karma (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṣaṣṭi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• sahasrāṇi: thousands
• sahasrāṇi: Karma (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sahasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक

• triṃśat: thirty
• triṃśat: Karma (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: triṃśat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; संख्यावाचक

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• niyutāni: niyutas (ten-thousands)
• niyutāni: Karma (Measure/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: niyuta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; संख्यावाचक (ten-thousands)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक निपात (conjunction)

• bale: in/under Bali (i.e., during Bali's reign)
• bale: Adhikaraṇa (Locus/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bali (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• rājyādhikāraḥ: sovereign authority, right to rule
• rājyādhikāraḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rājya + adhikāra (प्रातिपदिके)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (राज्यस्य अधिकारः)

• tu: but/indeed
• tu: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), विशेषार्थक

• yāvat: as long as, until
• yāvat: Sambandha (Limit/अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: परिमाण/अवधिवाचक अव्यय (until/as long as)

• kālam: time, period
• kālam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (Duration/काल)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; अवधिवाचक

• babhūva: was, came to be
• babhūva: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• ha: indeed (emphatic)
• ha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: स्मरण/प्रसिद्ध्यर्थक निपात (expletive particle)

Speaker

Sūta (Lomaharṣaṇa) (deduced)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Tirtha: Prabhāsa-kṣetra

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A symbolic tableau: Bali’s reign is depicted with a great ‘time-scroll’ unfurling, marked with numerals and yuga symbols; the king’s insignia appears small against the vastness of time.

Characters & Entities

• Bali

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Even immense power measured in vast ages is still bounded by time; dharma alone is enduring.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The narrative belongs to the glorification of Prabhāsa-kṣetra, though this verse itself is chronological.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

None; the verse focuses on duration of sovereignty.